"Mich in Variationen erzählen" : Günter Grass and the ethics of autobiogaphy.

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Grass, autobiography Beim Häuten der Zwiebel, literary self-presentation, narrative ethics, Philippe Lejeune

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"Mich in Variationen erzählen" : Günter Grass and the ethics of autobiogaphy. / Braun, Rebecca.
In: Modern Language Review, Vol. 103, No. 4, 10.2008, p. 1051-1066.

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abstract = "This article examines Grass's 2006 autobiography Beim H{\"a}uten der Zwiebel against the background of a long career of overtly complex literary self-presentation. Its aim is twofold: to situate the autobiography as an aesthetic form within Grass's {\oe}uvre, and to use what I term Grass's much wider `autobiographical project', developed over the course of his career, to suggest that a kind of narrative ethics may in fact underlie much apparently wilful posturing in autobiographically informed literature. Using Philippe Lejeune to develop the idea of a `contractual effect' felt by author and reader, I argue that Grass draws on the autobiographical mode in order to critique contemporary reading practices.",

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