Writing Back: Rereading Adolescent Girlhoods through Women's Memoir

what is there to say? I was born far, far away, on a bloody continent at a terrible time. Lobel's memoir allows young readers to witness her experiences in all their chaos and incomprehensibility through her Grafting of a powerful and complex girlhood narrative against the backdrop of war, dislocation, and humiliation.2 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Like Anita Lobel, Marjane Satrapi deals with the horrors of political repression and war. Conclusion In distinct ways, memoirs by Susanna Kaysen, Ann Turner, Anita Lobel and Marjane Satrapi offer adult perspectives on feminine coming-of-age that might influence educators as well as young adults. Critical Questions for Analyzing Women's Memoir * What documents does the memoirist chose to include and why? * What social, historical and/or literary narratives does the author draw on and critique? * How is memoir both a public and a private text? * How does the author take up and challenge stereotypes about adolescent girls? * What does telling a story retrospectively allow an author to do? * How might you craft your own history into a narrative that challenges common assumptions about gender and/or coming-of-age?

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Marshall, Elizabeth

Đề mục:

Graphic novels

Nhà xuất bản:

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English

Ngày xuất bản:

Fall 2005

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Nguồn gốc:

ALAN Review; Youngstown, Volume 33, Issue 1, Fall 2005, Pages 17-22

Liên kết:

ISSN 0882-2840

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Writing Back: Rereading Adolescent Girlhoods through Women's Memoir

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