Abstract
Acknowledgements
Introduction Bildungsroman-Toward a New Definition
Chapter 1 Bildungsroman and Autobiography: a Study of Their Relationship
1.1 Autobiography: Toward a New Definition
1.2 Bildungsroman: a Novel-form Autobiography
1.3 Bildungsroman Vs. Autobiography-form novel
Chapter 2 Autobiography into Autobiograph: David Copperfield as One Version of the Growing Dickens
2.1 Dickens and his David Copperfield: an Introduction
2.2 David Copperfield: an Autobiography of David Copperfield
2.3 David Copperfield and the Young Dickens: a Comparison
Chapter 3 Life out of Life: Stephen Dedalus as a Serf Portrait of the Young Joyce 57
3.1 James Joyce and his A Portrait of the Artist as a YoungMan
3.2 Stephen: a Recreation of the Young Joyce as the Artis
3.3 Stephen the Artist andJoyce the Artist: a Comparison
3.4 David CopperfieM Vs. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Chapter 4 China Narratives, Mediation and the Problematic of Readership in Fifth Chinese Daughter and The Woman Warrior
4.1 The Authors and Context
4.2 Literature Review
4.3 Mediation of Readership
Chapter 5 The Growing Up of the Self and the Politics of Narration in Douglass's Autobiographies of 1845 and 1855
5.1 The Author and Context
5.2 Comparison and Contrast: Autobiographies of 1845 Vs. 1855
Conclusion Bildungsroman and autobiography: Toward a New Conception
1 Change de role: Bildungsroman Vs. Autobiography
2 Bildungsroman and Autobiography Reconsidered
3 An Ending and a New Beginning
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Index