Date of Award
2003
Degree Name
English
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Janet Badia
Second Advisor
John Young
Third Advisor
Katharine Rodier
Abstract
“Establishing an Elsewhere in Contemporary American Women’s Autobiography” explores women’s self-writing and the ways in which it offers another story or an elsewhere in the genre of autobiography. This elsewhere is distinct from traditional or conventional autobiography or, more specifically, how traditional autobiography has come to be understood. The project outlines various ways contemporary American women autobiographers deal with the issues of fragmentation (the lack of a coherent self), truth and lying (the self as a construction), and interconnectedness with others (the self as communal) when they write about themselves. It is both an analytical and creative thesis in which the author weaves her own creative memoirs into her discussion of other women’s memoirs, positioning them so that the two parts dialogue with one another over some of the major topics in contemporary women’s autobiography.
Subject(s)
Autobiography.
Autobiography - Women authors.
Recommended Citation
Gingerich, Jennifer Alena, "Establishing an Elsewhere in Contemporary American Women's Autobiography" (2003). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 604.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/604
