biographism
9.9
Interpreting a book or story mainly by linking it to the author's life
- noun
- /baɪˈɡrɑːfɪzəm/
- Literature
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biografismo
- Many literary critics argue that biographism limits the interpretation of texts by overly emphasizing the author's personal experiences.
Examples
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In her analysis, she highlighted instances of biographism in the novel, revealing how the author's struggles were reflected in the protagonist.
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The professor's lecture focused on biographism, explaining how an author's life can shape and influence their writing style.
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For us here, documentarism, historicism, biographism, and autobiographism no longer mean a preference having to do with poetics.
Academic text (1996)
Surface Forms
biographism singular
biographisms plural
Morphology
Etymology
Biographism comes from bio- 'life' and -graph- 'write', like the common word biography, with the ending -ism showing a 'practice' or 'belief'. So biographism is the habit of reading a book or text mainly as a story about the author's own life.
