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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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184808

A mirror of history

the self and its reflections in Jorge Semprún's oeuvre. veinte años y un día

María Semilla A. Durán Lisa Carter

pp. 155-168

Abstract

Posed in this way, the nature of the problem changes completely. It is no longer necessary to know which of the two, autobiography or novel, would be truer. It is neither one nor the other; autobiography will lack complexity, ambiguity, etc.; the novel accuracy. So it would be one, then the other? Rather, one in relation to the other. What becomes revealing is the space in which the two categories of texts are inscribed, and which is reducible to neither of the two. This effect of contrast obtained by the procedure is the creation, for the reader, of an autobiographical space. (On Autobiography 27)

Publication details

Published in:

Ferrán Ofelia, Herrmann Gina (2014) A critical companion to Jorge Semprún: Buchenwald, before and after. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 155-168

DOI: 10.1057/9781137439710_9

Full citation:

A. Durán María Semilla, Carter Lisa (2014) „A mirror of history: the self and its reflections in Jorge Semprún's oeuvre. veinte años y un día“, In: O. Ferrán & G. Herrmann (eds.), A critical companion to Jorge Semprún, Dordrecht, Springer, 155–168.