Cooper, Sara-Louise (2016) Memory Across Borders: Nabokov, Perec, Chamoiseau. Routledge, Oxford, UK, 174 pp. ISBN 978-1-910887-08-0. E-ISBN 978-1-78188-353-2. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:63469)
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Abstract
Historical memory emerges through dialogue between one generation and the next. But what happens to this dialogue if the children speak a different language to their parents? Literary autobiography offers a space to explore the potential forms of memory in the aftermath of inter-generational linguistic change triggered by violent histories, such as the Holocaust, the Second World War, or imperialism. Through an exploration of the autobiographies of the Russian-American writer, Vladimir Nabokov, the French novelist and poet, Georges Perec, and Caribbean author, Patrick Chamoiseau, Cooper offers a reflection on the role of migration and linguistic change in shaping twentieth and twenty-first century approaches to memory.
Item Type: | Book |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | autobiography, memory, history, October Revolution, Second World War, colonialism, Paris, Martinique, St. Petersburg, trauma |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Sara-Louise Cooper |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2017 14:19 UTC |
Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 12:22 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/63469 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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