SELF-WRITING IN CONTEMPORARY QUEBEC FICTION

The paper deal with the "autofiction" as one of the means of the self-writing in contemporary Quebec fiction. The "autofiction" is considered in both Quebec and French sociopolitical and literary contexts. While being frequently used, especially in francophone environment, the notion stays vague, referring to the common practice of transgressing the boundaries between the real and literary worlds, resulting in a fictional account of one's own life and the blending of fiction and faction. The genre, having also cognitive and therapeutic functions, enables authors to reflect upon and to render the questions of being and writing. The means by which contemporary authors explore the realm of the "aufofiction", as well as its manifestations in the novel are analyzed on the example of novels written by Regine Robin and Nelly Arcan.