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Les écritures de soi

English translation: Writings on the self

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French term or phrase:Les écritures de soi
English translation:Writings on the self
Entered by: Lisa Jane

15:32 Sep 17, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Name of a university course
French term or phrase: Les écritures de soi
There's no context - simply the name of a course at the U. of Ottawa: Les écritures de soi (étude d'oeuvres littéraires représentatives des différentes écritures de soi : autobiographie, autofiction, journal, correspondance ou récit de voyage).

Self-writings?

TIA
Wyley Powell
Canada
Local time: 00:15
Writings on the self
Explanation:
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or

writing the self...a more therapeutic exercise
Selected response from:

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Thanks. I actually went with "self writings" after finding numerous examples on the Web.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Writings on the self
Lisa Jane
3 +2First-person writings
Carol Gullidge
3 +1Personal writings
writeaway
4Journaling
David Gosselin (X)
4Personal Diaries
SafeTex


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Writings on the self


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 8 mins (2014-09-17 15:41:18 GMT)
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or

writing the self...a more therapeutic exercise

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 06:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. I actually went with "self writings" after finding numerous examples on the Web.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: This is the better suggestion since often such writing is intended expressly for public consumption, unlike personal writing, which is just as likely to be private.
4 mins
  -> Thanks:)
agree  philgoddard
15 mins
  -> Thanks:)
agree  John Holland
1 hr
  -> Thankyou!
agree  Sheri P
1 hr
  -> thankyou!
agree  Marian Vieyra: As per Phil's ref "In case of disagreement on interpretation French-language titles and descriptions take precedence." So, it doesn't have to be spot on.
16 hrs
  -> thanks Marian
agree  Adrien Henry
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Henry
agree  SarahRuth
10 days
  -> Thankyou!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Personal writings


Explanation:
Personal writings was the first thing that came to mind. Just a suggestion. Keep the French too, perhaps?

De la réflexivité dans la vie quotidienne : journal personnel ...
www.erudit.org/revue/socsoc/2008/.../000652ar.html

Recherches sur l'écriture autobiographique au Ier siècle av ...
www.worldcat.org/...lecriture...de...de.../493...
WorldCat
Ce travail s'interroge sur les formes et les enjeux de l'écriture de soi dans la ... in a period where lots of new experiences of personal writings were explored,
by B Lahire - ‎2008 - ‎Cited by 10 - ‎Related articles
Les écritures de soi peuvent constituer alors des catalogues de situations vécues ... other personal writings about one's self among those, both men and women, .

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The Uses of First Person Writings Les usages des écrits du ...
www.abebooks.co.uk/Uses-First.../bd
AbeBooks
It compares the characteristics of European or Occidental personal writings ... Ce livre s?intéresse, dans une perspective multiculturelle, à l?écriture de soi,

something went wrong with the first ref. sorry.

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De la réflexivité dans la vie quotidienne : journal personnel ...
www.erudit.org/revue/socsoc/2008/.../000652ar.html
by B Lahire - ‎2008 - ‎Cited by 10 - ‎Related articles
Les écritures de soi peuvent constituer alors des catalogues de situations vécues ... other personal writings about one's self among those, both men and women,

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Note added at 30 mins (2014-09-17 16:03:07 GMT)
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I'm assuming it's a literature course, not a philosophy course. This answer only works if it is a lit course.

writeaway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: definitely sounds as though it's in the literary field/department - http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/regist/calendars/courses...
2 hrs
  -> Thankss. My answer is based on Asker's explanation. /the translation Phil found proves it's got nothing to do with authorial conceit, etc. etc.
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
First-person writings


Explanation:
- in other words, writing based on oneself

there appears to be a presentation on "First person writings in European contexts" here: http://www.firstpersonwritings.eu

It has the rather ugly (imo!) subheading of "Egodocuments"

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: They may use that term, but it is possible to have a fictional protagonist who speaks/writes in the first person, i.e. it is an authorial conceit, so I think this is a bit confusing./Not Freud, but creative literature and critical theory underpinning it.
2 hrs
  -> it could be confusing. However, one of the categories listed is "autofiction". Trouble is, "writings on the self" seems to be connected with psychoanalysis - Freud, Jung, etc, which I don't imagine this is about, so that doesn't really work either!
agree  Rachel Fell: Yes, I think so, as writeaway suggested too
2 hrs
  -> thanks Rachel!
agree  Marian Vieyra: Yes, as it doesn't have to be spot on according to the university course description.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Marian! "Ego writings" also seems to exist!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Journaling


Explanation:
I think the word is most encompassing.

David Gosselin (X)
Canada
Local time: 00:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Personal Diaries


Explanation:
The trick is perhaps not only to find a term that could cover all the different types of writing as that is given in the course syllabus but a nice expression as well.
This late entry does the job for me as personal diaries are often published by the author or their family and can appear in newspapers as kinds of observations on politics, society etc.


    Reference: http://www.academia.edu/4636925/In_the_Bonds_of_Love_The_Per...
    Reference: http://www.georgeboylewhite.com/diaries/
SafeTex
France
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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