LITERATURE REVIEW ON LIFE-WRITING GENRE BLENDING

Abstract

When coming into contact, auto/biography and fiction are uniquely connected
in all their aspects as separate genres which leads to a specific genre blending. This process
which results in a new blended genre, continuously poses questions regarding the degree and
the varieties of such blending. Therefore, different theories have tried to explain the genres’
roles and their shaping by outlining the core characteristics of the life writing genres and
those of fictional writing. The present paper gives a critical overview of the most prominent
theoretical discussions in this respect, by pointing out the key questions in the area and their
future study.