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Place and Memory: Revisiting the Past Self Through Autobiographical Memory
Nirmal Kumar M1, L Kavitha Nair2
1Department of English and Foreign Languages, College of Engineering & Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India. nm9044@srmist.edu.in.
Abstract:
Place is everywhere as geography, location, territory, and landscape permeates everyday encounter. In contrast, memory is embedded in the physical setting as the burgeoning narratives of cities. In recent instances, literary settings of novels and characters are interpretations of actual life events. An immigrant from New York City returns to Lagos after a long period in Teju Cole's Every Day is for the Thief (2007) and (2014) investigates the correlation of the past self within the present state of the setting. Exploring interrelated memories and places to revisit the sense of self, the present study aims to analyse how autobiographical memory distinguishes personal memory from social events and defines place attachment and identity in society. This article also explores the lack of conformity to the tendency to find the past self in different time and spatial aspects through which this research tries to bridge the past with the present using narrators' autobiographical memories.
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