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Dr. Claudia Cerulo
Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century Self-Narratives: Oto-bio-graphical Subjects
Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century Self-Narratives: Oto-bio-graphical Subjects
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Examines the connection between auditory perception and the formation of subjectivity and identity in 20th-century autobiographical literature, drawing a parallel between poststructuralism and the decentered subject in self-narratives.
Throughout the 20th century, auditory perception became a significant area of inquiry across diverse disciplines, particularly within psychoanalysis, philosophy, and through the lens of poststructuralist thought. Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century Self-Narrativesidentifies how these theories converged in their understanding of hearing as a fundamental aspect of development and experience, which in turn led to a decentering and reformulation of the written autobiographical self.
Claudia Cerulo draws connections between auditory perception and the formation of the self in both theoretical and literary texts. Drawing from both psychoanalysis and poststructuralism, the first part of the book engages with the interest of 20th-century theorists in sound, examining terms and usage from Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, Nancy, Irigaray, Kristeva, and Cixous. The second part of the book then close-reads three autobiographical works, Elias Canetti's Die gerettete Zunge (The Tongue Set Free), Nathalie Ginzburg's Lessico famigliare (Family Sayings),and Nathalie Sarraute's Enfance (Childhood). In these three case studies, acoustic perception is more than a mere episode or decorative element. Instead, it interacts, either directly or indirectly, with all levels of discourse, ranging from the stylistic to the metaphorical. These works thus artistically anticipate what would be theorized only a few decades later and create the conditions for a pre-verbal apprehension of the world, raising questions about the ineffable source of writing and the writing process itself.
Throughout the 20th century, auditory perception became a significant area of inquiry across diverse disciplines, particularly within psychoanalysis, philosophy, and through the lens of poststructuralist thought. Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century Self-Narrativesidentifies how these theories converged in their understanding of hearing as a fundamental aspect of development and experience, which in turn led to a decentering and reformulation of the written autobiographical self.
Claudia Cerulo draws connections between auditory perception and the formation of the self in both theoretical and literary texts. Drawing from both psychoanalysis and poststructuralism, the first part of the book engages with the interest of 20th-century theorists in sound, examining terms and usage from Derrida, Lacoue-Labarthe, Nancy, Irigaray, Kristeva, and Cixous. The second part of the book then close-reads three autobiographical works, Elias Canetti's Die gerettete Zunge (The Tongue Set Free), Nathalie Ginzburg's Lessico famigliare (Family Sayings),and Nathalie Sarraute's Enfance (Childhood). In these three case studies, acoustic perception is more than a mere episode or decorative element. Instead, it interacts, either directly or indirectly, with all levels of discourse, ranging from the stylistic to the metaphorical. These works thus artistically anticipate what would be theorized only a few decades later and create the conditions for a pre-verbal apprehension of the world, raising questions about the ineffable source of writing and the writing process itself.
- Publication date: 11 December 2025
- Page count: 216
- Dimensions: Height 232 mm; Width 152 mm; Thickness 18 mm
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN-13: 9798765139172
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