Writing (on) affects: Annie Ernaux’s inner writing

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148531546

Keywords:

Affect(s), Self-writing, Autofiction, Community

Abstract

The novels of the French Annie Ernaux, considered by the literary critic as inscribed in the contemporary genre “autofiction”, seem to construct a whole set of affections that puts the I in dialogue with the Other. The movement of affections that runs through works such as La place (1983), Une femme (1987) and Journal du dehors (1993), whatever their fluxes – from the interior to the exterior, from the exterior to the interior – enact the very constitution of the subject, indelibly inscribed in a community, family, fraternal, collective. The proposal here is, therefore, to go through these four autofictions looking for in them to recognize a particular writing of the affection (s).

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Author Biography

Leila de Aguiar Costa, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Profa.Dra. do Departamento de Letras/Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal de São Paulo; área de Estudos Literários

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Published

2018-11-28 — Updated on 2023-05-16

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How to Cite

Costa, L. de A. (2023). Writing (on) affects: Annie Ernaux’s inner writing. Letras, (57), 155–172. https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148531546 (Original work published November 28, 2018)