The Words

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The Words is Jean-Paul Sartre’s autobiographical work in which he reflects on his childhood and the development of his literary and philosophical identity.

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instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
author Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusesOn Sartre's emergence as a writer ⓘ
Sartre's emerging philosophical views ⓘ
Sartre's relationship with books ⓘ
Sartre's relationship with his family ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
philosophical memoir ⓘ
hasInfluenced autobiographical writing in philosophy ⓘ
studies of Sartre's intellectual development ⓘ
languageMotif centrality of words and stories in shaping identity ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century French literature ⓘ
literaryTechnique introspective narrative ⓘ
irony ⓘ
retrospective self-analysis ⓘ
mainTheme critique of bourgeois upbringing ⓘ
role of language and books in personal development ⓘ
self-creation through writing ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor analysis of the act of writing ⓘ
reflection on the function of literature ⓘ
self-critical portrayal of the author ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Les Mots ⓘ
partTitle Reading ⓘ
Writing ⓘ
philosophicalContext existentialism ⓘ
portrays Sartre's disillusionment with his earlier self-image ⓘ
Sartre's early sense of vocation as a writer ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Being and Nothingness ⓘ
Critique of Dialectical Reason ⓘ
Nausea ⓘ
settingDescribed early 20th-century France ⓘ
structure two-part work ⓘ
subjectMatter Sartre's childhood ⓘ
development of Sartre's literary identity ⓘ
development of Sartre's philosophical identity ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Sartre's adolescence ⓘ
Sartre's early childhood ⓘ

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Jean-Paul Sartre → notableWork → The Words ⓘ