Representations of Alzheimer's Disease in Lisa Genova's Still Alice

Favareille, Charlotte (2017)

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Titre en français
- Representations of Alzheimer's Disease in Lisa Genova's Still Alice
Auteur
- Favareille, Charlotte
Directeur de recherche
- Vincent-Arnaud, Nathalie
Date de soutenance
- 28 septembre 2017
Établissement
- Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
UFR ou composante
- Département Etudes du Monde Anglophone (DEMA)
Diplôme
- M2 Etudes anglophones
Sujet
Mots-clés en français
- Alzheimer's disease
- Still Alice
- morbid literature
Mots-clés
- Alzheimer
- Still Alice
- littérature morbide
Résumé en français
- Alice is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. This dissertation presents a literary analysis of Still Alice, in order to point at the ethical and therapeutical role of the novel. It analyses the representation of dementia and its impact on the protagonist, those around her, and on the narrative itself.
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