Lives in fiction: Auto/biographies as theoretical narratives

Sociological imagination is an open invitation to theorize from the stories we tell about ourselves and others. More than self-expression, the sociological ethos of auto/biographical narration is to extend the reality of a solipsistic and exclusive existence into a common and public experience. In o...

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Main Author: Erasga, Dennis S.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-30452021-08-12T03:29:49Z Lives in fiction: Auto/biographies as theoretical narratives Erasga, Dennis S. Sociological imagination is an open invitation to theorize from the stories we tell about ourselves and others. More than self-expression, the sociological ethos of auto/biographical narration is to extend the reality of a solipsistic and exclusive existence into a common and public experience. In order to achieve this, the narrator must convert biographies into scribed realities. The narrating process, however, has unique epistemic anchorage (memory-based) and stylistic requirement (literary) that encage lived lives in a fictional genre, giving this mode of writing a unique interpretive lens that projects new visions of the social. Consequently for theorizing purposes, auto/biographies are meaning-claims that should no longer be read exclusively in terms of their dramatic and documentary values, but more in terms of their theoretical affordances. This paper explores the implications and utility of fictionalized auto/biographical narratives in expanding the ambit of sociological theorizing. © 2014 by De La Salle University. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2046 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Autobiographical fiction Biographical fiction Narration (Rhetoric) Social and Behavioral Sciences
institution De La Salle University
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country Philippines
Philippines
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topic Autobiographical fiction
Biographical fiction
Narration (Rhetoric)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
spellingShingle Autobiographical fiction
Biographical fiction
Narration (Rhetoric)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Erasga, Dennis S.
Lives in fiction: Auto/biographies as theoretical narratives
description Sociological imagination is an open invitation to theorize from the stories we tell about ourselves and others. More than self-expression, the sociological ethos of auto/biographical narration is to extend the reality of a solipsistic and exclusive existence into a common and public experience. In order to achieve this, the narrator must convert biographies into scribed realities. The narrating process, however, has unique epistemic anchorage (memory-based) and stylistic requirement (literary) that encage lived lives in a fictional genre, giving this mode of writing a unique interpretive lens that projects new visions of the social. Consequently for theorizing purposes, auto/biographies are meaning-claims that should no longer be read exclusively in terms of their dramatic and documentary values, but more in terms of their theoretical affordances. This paper explores the implications and utility of fictionalized auto/biographical narratives in expanding the ambit of sociological theorizing. © 2014 by De La Salle University.
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