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Retrospection as Aesthetic Strategy in Constructing Child Agency and Narrative Credibility in Southern-African Childhood memoirs

Authors: Malowa Phelphonce Malowa, James Odhiambo Ogone, Otieno Odhiambo George

Literary Studies
Paper ID: CRSIJ26000113
Pages: 292-315

Abstract:

Childhood in literary and autobiographical discourse is often framed as a domain of innocence, dependence, and limited epistemic authority, marginalising the child’s capacity for agency and credible self-representation. This study re-examines southern African childhood memoirs by arguing that retros... Read more