‘How it all turned out alright’: Autofiction as Memory Form in Irena Dousková’s Novels about Childhood and Youth in Post-1968 Czechoslovakia

Autofictions and memoirs about growing up in late socialism have proliferated in Czech as well as in other postsocialist Eastern European literatures. These retrospective texts are often tinged with nostalgia and infused with irony and humour. Two of the most popular texts of this genre in the Czech...

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Main Author: Anja Tippner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2021-07-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37604