A MULTIETHNIC PERSPECTIVE ON DIARY WRITING: FROM THE SPIRITUAL DIARIES TO THE 21ST CENTURY

[...]starting from a discussion on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, Julie Rak follows Lejeune and Bogaert's defense of the diary as a trace, and not a final product. In Part Five the authors elaborate on diaries that, although not necessarily intended for publication, were eventually made public, and those kept by diarists who had an audience in mind, but even so recorded personal events from private life. Narrating the diary's return to favor after World War II, Simonet-Tenant highlights the potentials of the genre in terms of aesthetical innovation and addresses the emergence of diaries as subject of study in the fields of history, sociology, and literature. Negotiating the public and private spheres, theses diarists shared intimate feelings and personal life in their entries, as well as used them to keep track of work and to experiment with literature.