THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS

Volume: 1 Number: 1 January 1, 2000
  • Kieran More
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THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS

Abstract

This article deals with how Daniel Defoe, the pioneering 18th century novelist, used the emerging genre of autobiography as a socially acceptable springboard for his novel Moll Flanders. At this stage the novel was in its infancy and lacked social and literary credibility. Therefore, Defoe used the form and structure of autobiography as a basis for his fiction, while he also raised issues critical to autobiography, such as questions of objectivity and self-knowledge. In my article I first discuss the emergence of the autobiographical genre, and then examine the text of his novel Moll Flanders revealing how Defoe uses the genre to create a complex and ambiguous psychological profile of Moll, while simultaneously raising issues of self-knowledge and objectivity central to the consideration of autobiography.

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References

  1. ADAMS, Robert M. (1983). The Land and Literature of England. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
  2. DEFOE, Daniel. (1973). Moll Flanders. 1722. Ed. Edward Kelley. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
  3. HUNTER, J. Paul. (1990). Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century Fiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
  4. PROBYN, Clive, T. (1987). English Fiction of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789. London: Longman Group Limited.

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January 1, 2000

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APA
More, K. (2000). THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 1(1), 147-154. https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG
AMA
1.More K. THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2000;1(1):147-154. https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG
Chicago
More, Kieran. 2000. “THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1 (1): 147-54. https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG.
EndNote
More K (January 1, 2000) THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1 1 147–154.
IEEE
[1]K. More, “THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS”, Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 147–154, Jan. 2000, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG
ISNAD
More, Kieran. “THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1/1 (January 1, 2000): 147-154. https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG.
JAMA
1.More K. THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2000;1:147–154.
MLA
More, Kieran. “THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 147-54, https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG.
Vancouver
1.Kieran More. THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY : THE ART OF NON-FICTION IN MOLL FLANDERS. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 1;1(1):147-54. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA84RM73FG