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Biografemy w popkulturowych biofikcjach literackich: przypadek Edgara Allana Poego
(Biographemes in popular literary biofictions: the case of Edgar Allan Poe)
DOI: 10.18276/au.2023.2.21-13
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| ISSN: | 2353-8694 |
| eISSN: | 2719-4361 |
| Authors: |
BARBARA
BRAID
Uniwersytet Szczeciński |
| Keywords: | biofiction popular biofiction literary biofiction biographeme meme |
| Issue / book publication date: | 2023 |
| Page range: | 16 (225-240) |
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Abstract
The following article briefly presents a narrative practice of biofiction, focusing predominantly
on popular biofiction and its specific subtype, literary biofiction, which fictionalises a well-known
writer. Once a general definition of biofiction is established, the article offers an examination of
the role of referential elements, which are identified as biographemes – understood here as biographical
memes – especially literary biographemes, which play a specific role in popular literary
bioficitons. The features enumerated in this paper situate biofiction as a post-authentic practice,
typical for the contemporary remix culture. In the final section, Poe biofictions are discussed to
examine the emblematisation of the biofictional character and metafictionality of biofiction.
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