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I°) Why is it often biased ?

a) is the memory of autobiographers a trustworthy source of information ;

a) What are the goals of an autobiography

b) The reality can be changed

II°) The link with the reader

a) The role of the reader

b)

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To what extent can autobiographies be trusted?

I) Importance of autobiographies

→ be remembered

→ to not forget important events (slavery, wars…)

II) Not always trustworthy

→ author can say whatever they want / change some parts / choose only the parts where they did good things

→ can be biased / have only 1 POV

III) The reader’s role

→ not believing every word, take a step back

→ confront different stories/POV

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Can autobiographies say the thruth of the personal events of the life of the author and of the historical facts ? 

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Can autobiographies say the thruth of the personal events of the life of the author and of the historical facts ? 

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I- An autobiography must tell a personal and real testimony of the life of the author

II- But autobiography can be a source of inaccurate informations

III- The goal of autobiography is also to denounce or reveals the truth about significant historical events;

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Is autobiography a trustworthy  source of information ? 

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Is autobiography a trustworthy  source of information ? 

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Intro :
what is an autobiography ?
-> autobiography : usually, it's when an author decide towrite about his life.
But it can be in others kind of art : autoportrait Dali.

I/Is memory reliable or not ?
-how do an author deal with the fac that he has to remeber everything every detail of their lives.
ex : Maria Angelu.
-Usually, the author write about a special event for him, not every things in his childhood -> maybe not that reliable.
ex : a significant event.
-Can the author change the past ? -> bond of trust with the reader.

II/Biased or unbiased
-The author can't be objective in an autobiographie : it's his own story so he has a personnal eyes on the facts.
ex : WWB gives only his point of view, he's shocked by what had lived.

I/ A considerable importance for the reader
-Give another point of view on fact that we sometimes already know.
ex :Anne Franck.

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What are features of autobiographies? Is this topic raise issues?

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What are features of autobiographies? Is this topic raise issues?

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I/ It can deliver a real message and the possiblity to relive our past

II/ But it raise some  issues most of the time : there is a lack of objectivity.

III/ however, autobiography can be useful in art.

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Are autobiographies a reliable tool for historians to know the past, or for readers to know the author ?

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Are autobiographies a reliable tool for historians to know the past, or for readers to know the author ?

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I/ It relates real facts from history, or for the personnal lives of the authors
- Autobiographies can give us details about history William Wells Brown and slavery + Anne Frank
And about the past of authors: they tried to describe the reality (method: Dali).
- We can understand some choices of the authors: A significant Event

II/ The problems of objectivity: authors aren't unbiased.
- Slavery: victims, so they can be chocked, traumatized : W.W. Brown
+ Personnal document about historians who don't count on slave's testimony
- Authors can't be unbiased, because they have a goal when they write : Winston Churchill

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Are autobiographies always an appropriate tool to get an accurate idea about a fact or a topic ?
I. Biased and unbiased -> William Wells Brown, Stephen Fry
II. self represtentation in other arts: what does it give ? -> Van Gogh self portait, Maurice Ravel The Child and The Spells
III. Personal Document: My Early Life, Winston Churchill

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 Are autobiographies a trustworthy source of information about the author and his time ? 

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 Are autobiographies a trustworthy source of information about the author and his time ? 

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I) Real but not accurate : In some cases
- William Wells Brown and his "new start" as a person and a new era in his story
-Biased: But are other autobiographies true ? or did the author create an alternative life/events to fill his real life ? is WWB (or any other author of an autobiography) trustworthy ? are there any sources or anything ?

II) Autobiographies in art: Selfportraits and the notion of abstract
-Lucian Freud and his autoportraits which represent the passing of time and show how ageing really is
-Dali with is surnaturnal autopainting surrounded by symbolism

III) Personal Document: J.D Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye.
- A real and fictional autobiography

extract: Chapter 1:

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Problématique:    What are autobiographies  used for  ?

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Problématique:    What are autobiographies  used for  ?

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Plan:
I) novel autobiographie William Wells Brawn
Autobiographies are useful for the memory. They allow of na not to forget and pass on events spent. But. What is that this autobiographies is totally true?  Can we be sure that they are reliable ?            Events we be can be exaggerated because there is that one point of view.
II) What are the various types of autobiographies ?
There are many different autobiographies like a sculpter (Dali)or a painted.
The artists make autobiographies so that we remember them. They want to leave a track of them when they will be left. It is also to show in the others how he sees itself. For example Dali sees itself deformed.
III)Personnal document
"Love letters to the dead" is a novel