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Park, Sun Hwa. “Autobiographical Writing and Reconstruction of the Past: Doris Lessing’s The Memoirs of a Survivor.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 38.4 (2012): 21-46. Doris Lessing’s The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974) has raised controversy related to the genre of the book. It has been argued whether this book is an autobiography, a fantasy, or science fiction. The book is set in the future during a world crisis, when an anonymous narrator lives in an abandoned house in a city. Here, despite the setting and events, this paper reads this book as Lessing’s autobiography. It is obvious that Emily’s childhood is a re-creation of Lessing’s own childhood with one thing and another. As the destructive aspect of parent-daughter relationships is a recurring theme in Lessing’s autobiographical and fictional texts, The Memoirs of a Survivor seems to be another confession of Lessing, who seeks for reconciliation and harmony towards her father. As Lessing puts it in Walking in the Shade, there has lingered “a hiatus, a lack, a blur and it was to do with my parents” (16) and the implied author in The Memoirs of a Survivor tries to fill “a hiatus, a lack, a blur” with an opening in the wall. Therefore, this paper shows that in journeying into her most painful childhood memories, Lessing attempts to recover her lost and unsaid past, providing the power of the narrative for the implied author. (Konkuk University)

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Abstract
 I.『어느 생존자의 회고록』: 자서전적 읽기
 II. 초점자로서의 서술자와 이상한 도시의 에밀리
 III. 과거의 재구성 : 벽 너머 세계에서의 비/개인적 경험들
 IV. 고백으로서의 자서전적 글쓰기
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• 박선화 [ Park, Sun Hwa | 건국대학교 ]

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  영어영문학연구 [Studies on English Language & Literature]

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  1226-8682

• 수록기간

  1972~2020

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820