Autobiography and the Difficulties in Genre Classification: Moje življenje between a Text and a Genre

Authors

  • Marko Juvan

Keywords:

avtobiografije, Cankar, Ivan, Cankar, Ivan: Moje življenje, genologija, literarna teorija, literarni žanri, singularnost, slovenska književnost

Abstract

On the example of Cankar's MOje življenje (My life( (1914/1920) and its intertextual connection to Rousseau's Confessions, the article discusses the contradiction between the singularity and the generic nature of the verbal expression of "life" in autobiography. In this rspect, the autobiography again proves to be a genre that questions genology and genological systems.

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Published

2009-02-15

How to Cite

Juvan, M. (2009) “Autobiography and the Difficulties in Genre Classification: Moje življenje between a Text and a Genre”, Slavistična revija, 57(2), pp. 311–320. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/COBISS_ID-30152237 (Accessed: 30 June 2024).

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 2 (2009)

Section

ARTICLES

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