Memory and Identity in Fiction and Autobiography : Nelly’s Version by Eva Figes, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy, and Montauk by Max Frisch

Authors

FONIOKOVÁ Zuzana

Year of publication 2017
Type Chapter of a book
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The paper examines the role of memory in identity construction as reflected in fictional and autobiographical texts. Using three examples (Nelly’s Version by Eva Figes, Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy, and Montauk by Max Frisch) the paper demonstrates the two-way shaping of memories and identity.

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