"Creative biography": Fiction and non-fiction in Caryl Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English lives'
This article explores the relationship between fiction and non-fiction in Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English Lives'. Through examination of the questions raised by differing reader expectations related to fiction and biography, a critical frame for understanding the way in which Ph...
Saved in:
Published in | Commonwealth (Rodez, France) Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 57 - 67 |
---|---|
Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Paris
Société d'Étude des Pays du Commonwealth
01.10.2013
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | This article explores the relationship between fiction and non-fiction in Phillips's 'Foreigners: Three English Lives'. Through examination of the questions raised by differing reader expectations related to fiction and biography, a critical frame for understanding the way in which Phillips combines fictional and non-fictional approaches in this hybrid work is proposed, relying partly on Paul Ricoeur's ideas of narrative identity and witnessing. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, Autumn 2013: 57-67 COMESSSTU.jpg |
ISSN: | 0395-6989 |