Demianenkova Daria Viktorovna – postgraduate student, Foreign Literature dept., Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ORCID: 0000-0003-1008-1310
The article focuses on the book of memoirs by Michael Kerr “As Far as I Remember” (2002). The topic of traumatic memory is revealed based on the material of autobiographical prose, one of the most popular genres in literature and literary criticism in recent decades. Based on specific observations of the text and genre structure of Kerr’s book, the author analyzes central issues of autobiographical discourse. Particular attention is paid to the narrator’s metaposition, emphasized in the title of the book. Analysis of the work of one’s own memory, which accompanies the development of the theme of exile and overcoming the trauma of exile, runs through the entire book, which to a certain extent includes it in the context of the postmodern era’s poetics.
autobiography; memoirs; Kerr; collective memory; individual memory; The Second World War.
Download textFor citing: Demianenkova D.V. Autobiographical narration in Michael Kerr’s book As Far as I Remember. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 3(59). Р. 73-84. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2024.03.05