{"id":4284,"date":"2021-08-25T23:28:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T23:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2024-07-21T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T15:43:28","slug":"what-is-a-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marieclaudearnott.com\/?p=4284","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Memoir?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Memoir<\/em> is a writing genre that is often misunderstood. It is neither a biography nor an autobiography &#8211; see my <em>Interview of a Memoirist<\/em> published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/fbcw\/docs\/fall2016web\">WordWorks<\/a><\/em> (pages 21-25), the magazine of the Federation of British Columbia Writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A memoir is not a biography, which is about the life of someone other than the writer. An autobiography is the work of someone sharing his\/her life chronologically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the French language standpoint, it&#8217;s not as clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plural form\u2014<em>m\u00e9moire<\/em>s\u2014is the written account of the main events of one&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The singular form\u2014<em>m\u00e9moire\u2014<\/em>is about narrating one main event from one&#8217;s life. It is also called <em>r\u00e9cit personnel<\/em>, which means <em>personal narrative<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <em>m\u00e9moire<\/em> can also be a student&#8217;s final work demonstrating a learned expertise. At the doctorate level, it is called <em>th\u00e8se<\/em>\u2014thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writers who specialize in the memoir genre are called memoirists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memoir is a writing genre that is often misunderstood. It is neither a biography nor an autobiography &#8211; see my Interview of a Memoirist published in WordWorks (pages 21-25), the magazine of the Federation of British Columbia Writers. 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