Storytelling in selected Women’s Memoirs of Conflict | ||
| مجلة بØوث الشرق الأوسط | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 December 2021 | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mercj.2021.100738.1168 | ||
| Author | ||
| نيرة سعد أبو الرضا Ù…Øمد* | ||
| کلية الآداب جامعة عين شمس قسم اللغة الإنجليزية وآدابها | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Storytelling is an integral element in relating experiences that people go through, helping them to make sense of the world and the self through imposing a narrative order on chaotic and/or traumatic experiences such as those lived in war/conflict zones. Additionally, it becomes a lifeline for women involved in conflict zones. This paper seeks to examine the notion of storytelling in selected life writing texts by women in conflict zones, namely: Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya (2000) by the French journalist and writer Anne Nivat, Baghdad Burning (2005) by the Iraqi Riverbend, and The Crossing (2015) by the Syrian journalist and writer Samar Yazbek. The focus is on exploring the notion of the coaxer, whether an individual or a situation,and storytelling as significant elements in women’s memoirs of conflict that form a frame narrative for the stories of the women writers and people involved with them. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Life writing; Storytelling; Coaxer; Memoir | ||
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