Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory
As best evidences of our narrative identity language-games, autobiographies unveil the illusive power of language in purporting a unitary self. Drawing upon Ludwig Wittgenstein’s no-reference view of “I” and studying its use as a necessary formal tie in autobiographical memory, it is contended that...
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| description | As best evidences of our narrative identity language-games, autobiographies unveil the illusive power of language in purporting a unitary self. Drawing upon Ludwig Wittgenstein’s no-reference view of “I” and studying its use as a necessary formal tie in autobiographical memory, it is contended that sense of self through time is constituted in narrating and being narrated in memories. It is argued that Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory illustrates the lack of reference of the first-person pronoun in autobiographical memory, its formal and inventive emergence, and its diversity in narrative compositions. As the title hints, the self does not speak in memory; it is spoken in autobiographical language-games of composition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c4cb431b74674d7f93706a0218b2acfd2025-08-20T02:51:23ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57342022-09-013118510510.7311/0860-5734.31.1.05Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, MemoryZohreh Ramin0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-1592Sara Nazockdas1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7450-5656University of TehranUniversity of TehranAs best evidences of our narrative identity language-games, autobiographies unveil the illusive power of language in purporting a unitary self. Drawing upon Ludwig Wittgenstein’s no-reference view of “I” and studying its use as a necessary formal tie in autobiographical memory, it is contended that sense of self through time is constituted in narrating and being narrated in memories. It is argued that Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory illustrates the lack of reference of the first-person pronoun in autobiographical memory, its formal and inventive emergence, and its diversity in narrative compositions. As the title hints, the self does not speak in memory; it is spoken in autobiographical language-games of composition.autobiographyautobiographical memoryhermeneutic rememberingnarrating the selfvladimir nabokovludwig wittgenstein |
| spellingShingle | Zohreh Ramin Sara Nazockdas Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies autobiography autobiographical memory hermeneutic remembering narrating the self vladimir nabokov ludwig wittgenstein |
| title | Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory |
| title_full | Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory |
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| title_short | Who Speaks in Memory? Self-Reference, Life-Story, and the Autobiography-Game in Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory |
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| topic | autobiography autobiographical memory hermeneutic remembering narrating the self vladimir nabokov ludwig wittgenstein |
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