ENGB12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: James Frey, Social Forces, Authenticator
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* in-class analysis may 23rd - 1 hr/half - read something and use toolkit strategies to respond to it. > during the act of narration, writer becomes both the observing subject & the object of investigation, contemplation, and memory. > it is a process or a set of self-referential practices that engages the past while reflecting on the present. > autobiographical acts of any sort presented in diverse media. > heart of all life writing is identity formation. > life narrative & life writing isn"t simply issued from a pre-existing & integrated self, but rather they help develop and define the individual. > memoir is now a prestige term, more demographic. > autobiography as a life span of someone"s life while memoir is a slice of someone"s life (couple of related dimensions of a moment) > images we drew - bringing in our own.
