“Between real and unreal”: narratives and identities in Pedro Nava's memoirs

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2018v21.e32539

Keywords:

Identity, Autobiographical narrative, Memoirs, Pedro Nava.

Abstract

Biographical and autobiographical narratives has become matter of a great number of investigations in several fields, including disciplines able to cooperate and dialogue among themselves. Thus, based on studies undertaken by Paul Ricoeur, Richard Kearney and Linda Dégh, the aim of this paper is to examine how Pedro Nava’s Memoirs harmonize different narrative forms in his memorialistic discourse.

Author Biography

Maria Alice Ribeiro Gabriel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB

PhD in Social History from the Universidade de São Paulo -  USP

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Published

2018-06-24

How to Cite

Gabriel, M. A. R. (2018). “Between real and unreal”: narratives and identities in Pedro Nava’s memoirs. Estação Literária, 21, 217–232. https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2018v21.e32539