The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political

• Authors: Anca-Luisa Viusenco
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present paper discusses the types, functions and limitations of the madness narrative, a particular type of text dealing with a popular research topic: mental instability, within the larger contexts of women’s autobiographical writing and illness-based writing. The overview aims to provide the theoretical framework necessary for the further analysis of specific madness narratives.

Keywords

EN

autobiographical fiction; madness; madness narrative; pathography; scriptotherapy

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 312-323

Dates

published

2013-03-01

online

2013-02-22

Contributors

author

Anca-Luisa Viusenco

• “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2013-0030