Muriel Spark as auto-biographer in Curriculum Vitae

Kirkwood, A. (2007) Muriel Spark as auto-biographer in Curriculum Vitae. Groundings, 1,

Abstract

Examining Muriel Spark's main aims as an auto-biographer in her work Curriculum Vitae brings important resources in the exploration of the genre of autobiographical writing. This with the theoretical engagement, allows consideration of the critical issues surrounding the roles of author and reader in the construction of the literary self. Spark demands the reader participate in the constructon of textual meaning; overturning the conventions of autobiography, satirising its claims to omniscience and highlighting the impossibility of an authentic voice with regard to the self.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: UNSPECIFIED
• Authors: Kirkwood, A.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature
• Journal Name: Groundings
• Publisher: Glasgow University Dialectic Society
• ISSN: 1755-2702
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2007 Geological Society
• First Published: First published in Groundings 1
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the publisher