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autofiction
[ aw-toh-fik-shuhn ]
noun
- a genre of novel or short story whose narrator or protagonist is understood to be the author, and which explores the author’s real-life story using the techniques and devices of fiction.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of autofiction1
Example Sentences
The show details the lead-up and sensational fallout from Truman Capote’s autofiction exposé of the gaggle of upper crust women in his social circle, which resulted in a banishment that would send “Gossip Girl†to the hospital in shock.
Knausgaard doesn’t understand the concept of restraint: Be it in his celebrated six-volume autofiction epic “My Struggle†or this, the third volume of a series about the mysterious arrival of a new star, he aspires to pack as much as he can in one book.
The nested-doll structure of Mäkelä’s film speaks to the writer-director’s fascination with the pleasures and perils of autofiction.
July’s work in film, literature, and performance has always drawn on her personal experience but now, with autofiction reigning as a dominant literary tactic for more than a decade, “All Fours†fits right in with the work of Jenny Offill, Rachel Cusk and the rediscovered Lucia Berlin.
He plans to write another novel, in the more experimental form of lyrical autofiction.
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