Memory Across Borders

Nabokov, Perec, Chamoiseau

von Sara-Louise Cooper

174 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 the 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.Sara-Louise Cooper is a Stipendiary Lecturer in French at Oriel College, Oxford.

• Reihe: Transcript
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik
• ISBN: 9781781883518
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2018
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: Legenda