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-	Also known as a thinly veiled [[memoir]], a [[semi-autobiographical]] novel draws heavily on the experiences of the author's own life for its plot. Authors may opt to write a semi-autobiographical novel rather than a true memoir for a variety of reasons: to protect the privacy of their family, friends, and loved ones; to achieve emotional distance from the subject; or for artistic reasons, such as simplification of plot lines, themes, and other details. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007]	+
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-	== Autofiction ==	+
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-	'''Autofiction''' is a term used in [[literary criticism]]	+
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-	Coined by Serge Doubrovsky in 1977 with reference to his novel '''Fils''', ''autofiction'' refers to form of fictionalized autobiography. Autofiction combines two paradoxically contradictory styles: that of autobiography, and fiction. An author may decide to recount his/her life in the third person, to modify significant details or 'characters', using fiction in the service of a search for self. It has parallels with the [[faction]], a [[genre]] devised by [[Truman Capote]] to describe his [[novel]] [[In Cold Blood]]	+
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-	Autofiction is principally a genre associated with contemporary [[France | French]] authors, among them: Alice Ferney, [[Annie Ernaux]], [[Michel Houellebecq]] Olivia Rosenthal, Anne Wiazemsky, and Vassilis Alexakis. [[Catherine Millet]]'s 2002 memoir ''[[The Sexual Life of Catherine M.]]'' famously used autofiction to explore the author's sexual experiences.	+
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-	An '''autobiographical novel''' is a [[novel]] based on the life of the author. The [[literary technique]] is distinguished from an [[autobiography]] or [[memoir]] by the stipulation of being [[fiction]]. Names and locations are often changed and events are recreated to make them more dramatic but the story still bears a close resemblance to that of the author.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007]	+

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