Beyond the Archive
Narrative as an Elaborative Rehearsal for Autobiographical Memories
Abstract
The present work aims to reflect on the relationship between autobiographical memory, narrative, and the relational context in which life events are narrated and received, with the aim of examining the elaborative and transformative properties of the latter. Through a review of theoretical models and empirical evidence concerning the relationship between memory and narrative, the author will reflect on the elaboration of the personal past by moving beyond the view of memory as a mere archive of contents and proposing instead a plastic and continuously evolving conception of the autobiographical repertoire of memories.
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