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BARTNIK, RONALD J.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION: THE FUSION OF ART AND LIFE IN HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S "WALDEN" AND JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD" (MASSACHUSETTS).

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Title/Author:	AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION: THE FUSION OF ART AND LIFE IN HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S "WALDEN" AND JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD" (MASSACHUSETTS)./
Author:	BARTNIK, RONALD J.
Description:	342 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-09, Section: A, page: 3426.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International47-09A.
Subject:	Literature, American. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8628928

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION: THE FUSION OF ART AND LIFE IN HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S "WALDEN" AND JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD" (MASSACHUSETTS).
BARTNIK, RONALD J.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION: THE FUSION OF ART AND LIFE IN HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S "WALDEN" AND JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD" (MASSACHUSETTS). - 342 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-09, Section: A, page: 3426.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 1986.

A review of current theories of autobiography has led me to adopt the concept of "autobiographical fiction" in order to describe those works that fall between traditional works of autobiography that establish an author's "identity" and works of fiction that convey "meaning" for an author. Because of their position between genres, works of autobiographical fiction are especially difficult to read and interpret. To explore the special relationship of "identity" and "meaning" in such works, I have taken Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Jack Kerouac's On the Road as representative examples of autobiographical fiction and have developed detailed readings of both. In particular, I focus on the strategies each writer employs to expand his own self-investigation beyond autobiography.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017657
Literature, American.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION: THE FUSION OF ART AND LIFE IN HENRY DAVID THOREAU'S "WALDEN" AND JACK KEROUAC'S "ON THE ROAD" (MASSACHUSETTS).
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520 $a A review of current theories of autobiography has led me to adopt the concept of "autobiographical fiction" in order to describe those works that fall between traditional works of autobiography that establish an author's "identity" and works of fiction that convey "meaning" for an author. Because of their position between genres, works of autobiographical fiction are especially difficult to read and interpret. To explore the special relationship of "identity" and "meaning" in such works, I have taken Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Jack Kerouac's On the Road as representative examples of autobiographical fiction and have developed detailed readings of both. In particular, I focus on the strategies each writer employs to expand his own self-investigation beyond autobiography.
520 $a In Walden, Thoreau's "heroic" reading of his life establishes his "identity" by providing an actual account of his life at Walden Pond, yet his treatment of that life also encourages readers to examine it for "meaning" as a type of fiction. To balance these divergent intentions, Thoreau carefully manipulates the distance between himself and his readers and between his narrator and protagonist. In addition, he contrasts his protagonist's temporal viewpoint with his narrator's eternal one. This contrast of viewpoints along with a constant movement between fact and interpretation challenges his readers' concepts of time, space, and self and forces them to reconsider the value of their own lives and the condition of American society.
520 $a On the Road represents another development of autobiographical fiction that involves an "arbitration" of Jack Kerouac's road life with Neal Cassady to provide the facts for the fictional autobiography of Sal Paradise. Kerouac's close adherence to the facts of his own life, however, also encourages readers to examine the work as an actual account of his own life. By assigning his past to Sal, Kerouac effectively fuses "identity" with "meaning" and develops the story of his past into a novel that questions the values of post-war America. In this sense, On the Road shares a similar intent with Walden.
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