Georges gusdorf autobiography meaning
Chapter 5 Autobiographical Understanding and Narrative Inquiry[Page 120]Chapter 5 Autobiographical Understanding and Narrative InquiryChapter 5 Autobiographical understanding and narrative inquiryMarkFreemanAutobiography is the inroad par excellence into exploring the dynamic features8212;as well as the profound challenges8212;of narrative inquiry, or at least that portion of it that looks to the comprehensive study of lives as an important vehicle for understanding the human condition. This is so for one quite obvious reason: Autobiography is itself a fundamental form of narrative inquiry, and by examining what Georges Gusdorf has referred to as the 8220;conditions and limits of autobiography8221; (19561980), there exists a valuable opportunity for examining the conditions and limits of narrative inquiry more generally.