"People often confuse life narrative and fiction. Typically, they call autobiographical texts 'novels' though they rarely call novels 'autobiographies.' A life narrative is not a novel, although calling life narrative 'nonfiction,' which is often done, confuses rather than resolves the issue." (Smith & Watson 7).Tuesday, December 2, 2008
"People often confuse life narrative and fiction. Typically, they call autobiographical texts 'novels' though they rarely call novels 'autobiographies.' A life narrative is not a novel, although calling life narrative 'nonfiction,' which is often done, confuses rather than resolves the issue." (Smith & Watson 7).
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Ann Page, thank you for finding that quote, because I was trying to find it to use in my post too. Haha. I have been trying to find a word for this book, something to call it, and this quote made me think about that fact even deeper. I definitely reflect on the topic in my post, but I just wanted to restate my questions raised: Do we really need to define this piece under one genre? Could parts of it be true? Could they have really happened to someone? Is Xuela a side of Jamaica Kincaid that she could not bring herself to admit to on the pages of something made so public?
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