Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 54 | 2020
Research Article | Le vite dell’Altro

Le vite dell’Altro

Aleksandar Hemon tra Autofiction, Autobiografia e Allofiction

Abstract

This article examines the recurring mixture of fiction and autobiographical themes in the work of Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon, whose writings can be placed close to the literary genre known as Autofiction. These traits occur also in his latest production, exemplified by The Book of My Lives (2013) and My Parents / This Does Not Belong To You (2019). In these two books the attention paid by the author to his relatives’ experiences may led to a comparison with the autofiction subgenre defined by A.K. Mortimer as ‘Allofiction’. Studying these features, my intent is to analyze how Hemon’s stylistic choices have been affected by his condition of other both in the USA and postwar Bosnia.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Sept. 20, 2020 | Accepted: Oct. 6, 2020 | Published Dec. 22, 2020 | Language: it

Keywords Autobiography • Autofiction • America • Bosnia • Aleksandar Hemon • Allofiction

Copyright © 2020 Enrico Davanzo. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/008


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