Abstract
The author explores the testimonial and educational functions of belated memoirs. She begins by defining belated memoirs. She then states that the material of memoirs usually falls into three parts: the public domain, the private domain, and the domain of limited access. The author also discusses the inclusion of conceptually organized testimony that presents the historical phenomenon in question as a semiotic system beyond individual experience and the inclusion of testimony that has the power of affecting collective memory.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Gulag Studies |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Autobiography
- Biography (Literary form)
- Reportage literature
- Semiotics
- Biographies
- Literature