Finally, the thesis focuses on an analysis of the specific features of Dmytro Nytczenko's memoirs. Deeper knowledge of the Signs themselves and how their. Secondly, to present the hypothesis that the three components - autobiographical, sociographical and episodic-biographical - are essential prerequisites for writing a memoir. Western Astrology holds powerful gifts and magic beyond the obvious characteristics of the Sun Signs. Firstly, to reveal and analyse the characteristic features of the genre of the memoir. In the fourth chapter the stylistic features of these works are discussed. The third chapter of the thesis offers a thematic analysis of the above mentioned three components, with particular reference to the two works of Dmytro Nytczenko. It is argued that most works of the literary memoir have three components: autobiographical, sociographical and episodic-biographical. Thus, the theoretical basis for the second section of this thesis is formed. The various characteristics of the memoir as a literary genre are discussed in the second chapter, where it is useful to apply some theories developed in the fields of philosophy, psychology and linguistics. You are going for impact when you write a memoir, not fact-checking or chronological order.

Many memoirs rearrange the order of the personal stories to entertain the audience. They don’t have to be told in order, either. Most of these theories are accepted in contemporary study of literature and form the concepts of an academic analysis of the literary work. Choose a few memories or experiences from your life, and focus on them. contemporary view of the memoir characteristics suggests that this piece. An overview of the general literary, theoretical and critical approaches to the analysis of the memoir are contained in the first chapter. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey: A Review of the Memoir Genre Cover Image. Learning Goal(s): -Students will be able to identify and describe the characteristics of memoir writing -Students will be able to distinguish the genre from (auto)biographical. Students will learn about the characteristics and types of memoirs that we will be studying in the unit.

The first two chapters deal with the former. This is the introductory class to our unit on memoirs. The thesis comprises theoretical and practical sections.

General features of the memoir as a literary genre as well as specific features of these works are examined and discussed. Two of his books (From Zinkiv to Melbourne) (1990) and (Under the Sun of Australia) (1994) are used as examples of Ukrainian memoir writing of the twentieth century. The discussion of the features of the memoir is based on the works of the Ukrainian emigre writer Dmytro Nytczenko (pseudonym - Chub). Although works of this genre became known in the history of literature centuries ago, they did not receive considerable attention until the end of the twentieth century. An in-depth analysis of A Million Little Pieces between the 'classic' and the contemporary view of the memoir characteristics suggests that this piece of work uses the potential of 'classic' memoirs in an innovative way (the re-creation of memories, issue of objectivity and the status of truth, narration about the feat, moral witness’ story, interference with literary and non-literary genres), varies in content and significantly reviews classic definitions of memoirs.This thesis offers an analysis of the distinguishing features of the memoir as a literary genre. Without neglecting the social and cultural context in which Frey's work was published, the paper focuses on the study of the relations of A Million Little Pieces with the classic memoir canon, as well as with contemporary observations of cognitive psychologists regarding the mentioned genre. Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is the analysis of the genre characteristics of one of the most controversial memoirs of today, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Philology, Theory of Literature, American Literature

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