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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Les écritures de soi

English translation:

Writings on the self

Added to glossary by Lisa Jane
Sep 17, 2014 15:32
9 yrs ago
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French term

Les écritures de soi

French to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Name of a university course
There's no context - simply the name of a course at the U. of Ottawa: Les écritures de soi (étude d'oeuvres littéraires représentatives des différentes écritures de soi : autobiographie, autofiction, journal, correspondance ou récit de voyage).

Self-writings?

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 Writings on the self
3 +2 First-person writings
3 +1 Personal writings
4 Journaling
4 Personal Diaries
Change log

Sep 23, 2014 05:36: Lisa Jane Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Helen Shiner

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Discussion

Francis Marche Sep 18, 2014:
French academia pomposity for belly-button literature, anatomically very close to "littérature de la braguette".
philgoddard Sep 18, 2014:
When all else fails... ... look at the syllabus. They call it Writing About Self.
http://arts.uottawa.ca/lettres/french-studies/course-descrip...

Proposed translations

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Writings on the self

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Note added at 8 mins (2014-09-17 15:41:18 GMT)
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or

writing the self...a more therapeutic exercise
Peer comment(s):
agree Helen Shiner : This is the better suggestion since often such writing is intended expressly for public consumption, unlike personal writing, which is just as likely to be private.
4 mins
Thanks:)
agree philgoddard
15 mins
Thanks:)
agree John Holland
1 hr
Thankyou!
agree Sheri P
1 hr
thankyou!
agree Marian Vieyra : As per Phil's ref "In case of disagreement on interpretation French-language titles and descriptions take precedence." So, it doesn't have to be spot on.
16 hrs
thanks Marian
agree Adrien Henry
17 hrs
Thanks Henry
agree SarahRuth
10 days
Thankyou!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. I actually went with "self writings" after finding numerous examples on the Web."
+1
7 mins

Personal writings

Personal writings was the first thing that came to mind. Just a suggestion. Keep the French too, perhaps?

De la réflexivité dans la vie quotidienne : journal personnel ...
www.erudit.org/revue/socsoc/2008/.../000652ar.html

Recherches sur l'écriture autobiographique au Ier siècle av ...
www.worldcat.org/...lecriture...de...de.../493...
WorldCat
Ce travail s'interroge sur les formes et les enjeux de l'écriture de soi dans la ... in a period where lots of new experiences of personal writings were explored,
by B Lahire - ‎2008 - ‎Cited by 10 - ‎Related articles
Les écritures de soi peuvent constituer alors des catalogues de situations vécues ... other personal writings about one's self among those, both men and women, .

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The Uses of First Person Writings Les usages des écrits du ...
www.abebooks.co.uk/Uses-First.../bd
AbeBooks
It compares the characteristics of European or Occidental personal writings ... Ce livre s?intéresse, dans une perspective multiculturelle, à l?écriture de soi,

something went wrong with the first ref. sorry.

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De la réflexivité dans la vie quotidienne : journal personnel ...
www.erudit.org/revue/socsoc/2008/.../000652ar.html
by B Lahire - ‎2008 - ‎Cited by 10 - ‎Related articles
Les écritures de soi peuvent constituer alors des catalogues de situations vécues ... other personal writings about one's self among those, both men and women,

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Note added at 30 mins (2014-09-17 16:03:07 GMT)
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I'm assuming it's a literature course, not a philosophy course. This answer only works if it is a lit course.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : definitely sounds as though it's in the literary field/department - http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/regist/calendars/courses...
2 hrs
Thankss. My answer is based on Asker's explanation. /the translation Phil found proves it's got nothing to do with authorial conceit, etc. etc.
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+2
35 mins

First-person writings

- in other words, writing based on oneself

there appears to be a presentation on "First person writings in European contexts" here: http://www.firstpersonwritings.eu

It has the rather ugly (imo!) subheading of "Egodocuments"
Peer comment(s):
neutral Helen Shiner : They may use that term, but it is possible to have a fictional protagonist who speaks/writes in the first person, i.e. it is an authorial conceit, so I think this is a bit confusing./Not Freud, but creative literature and critical theory underpinning it.
2 hrs
it could be confusing. However, one of the categories listed is "autofiction". Trouble is, "writings on the self" seems to be connected with psychoanalysis - Freud, Jung, etc, which I don't imagine this is about, so that doesn't really work either!
agree Rachel Fell : Yes, I think so, as writeaway suggested too
2 hrs
thanks Rachel!
agree Marian Vieyra : Yes, as it doesn't have to be spot on according to the university course description.
16 hrs
Thanks Marian! "Ego writings" also seems to exist!
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5 hrs

Journaling

I think the word is most encompassing.
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1 day 4 hrs

Personal Diaries

The trick is perhaps not only to find a term that could cover all the different types of writing as that is given in the course syllabus but a nice expression as well.
This late entry does the job for me as personal diaries are often published by the author or their family and can appear in newspapers as kinds of observations on politics, society etc.
Reference:

http://www.academia.edu/4636925/In_the_Bonds_of_Love_The_Personal_Diaries_and_Letters_of_Medical_Missionaries_in_China_1834-1951

http://www.georgeboylewhite.com/diaries/

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