Philippe Lejeune
Philippe Lejeune (born 13 August 1938) is a French professor and essayist, known as a specialist in autobiography. He is the author of numerous works on the subject of autobiography and personal journals. He is a cofounder of the ''Association pour l'autobiographie et le patrimoine autobiographique'' (Association for Autobiography and Autobiographical Heritage) created in Paris in 1992.In this sense, Lejeune tried to establish a basic theory that allows scholars to better classify this popular genre beginning by providing a definition of autobiography: "[it is] the retrospective record in prose that a real person gives of his or her own being, emphasizing the personal life and in particular the 'story of life'." He also formulated the underlying concept of this narrative form: "In order to create an autobiography, the author enters into a pact or contract with the readers, promising to give a detailed account of his or her life, and of nothing but that life."
So the autobiography is characterized by the dual approach of introspection and a claim for truth. Nevertheless, he concedes that there are multiple factors (memory deficiencies, untruthfulness or excessive candor, the chosen narrative method etc.) that might constrain the wish to bring one's own life into a readable form.
Novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet, upon writing down his own life in ''Le Miroir qui revient'' (1985, English translation by Jo Levy: ''Ghosts in the Mirror'', 1988), opposed Lejeune's concept of the autobiographical pact, which sparked a lengthy controversy about the concept among French intellectuals. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Lettres modernes, 1974
Paris : Lettres modernes, 1974
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 2013
Paris : Seuil, 2013
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Textuel, 2003
Paris : Textuel, 2003
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Klincksieck, 1975
Paris : Klincksieck, 1975
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 1998
Paris : Seuil, 1998
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 1986
Paris : Seuil, 1986
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Editions du Mauconduit, 2015
Paris : Editions du Mauconduit, 2015
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Honolulu : Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2009
Honolulu : Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2009
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : A. Colin, 1971
Paris : A. Colin, 1971
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 1975
Paris : Seuil, 1975
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Honolulu : Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2009
Honolulu : Published for the Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2009
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Lettres modernes, 1974
Paris : Lettres modernes, 1974
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Editions du Seuil, 1993
Paris : Editions du Seuil, 1993
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 1986
Paris : Seuil, 1986
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Universite Paris X, 1997
Paris : Universite Paris X, 1997
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by Lejeune, Philippe, 1938-
Paris : Seuil, 1980
Paris : Seuil, 1980
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