Trans-krypcje. Subwersywna gra z transmemuarem Paula B. Preciady, Susan Faludi i Maggie Nelson

Abstract

This article takes a closer look at a new strategy of real-life adventure writing: autotheory, a mode of critical artistic practice that follows autofiction and autoreportage. Autotheory, defined as a fusion of autobiography and scientific literature or a philosophical treatise, can take the form of a memoir with footnotes. The examples of „Testo Junkie” by Paul Preciado, „Argonauts” by Maggie Nelson and „In the Darkroom” by Susan Faludi, discussed in this article, show that autotheories have subversive possibilities (in this case, autotheory subverses trans memoir as a genre). The author makes reference to the theory of the autobiographical triangle, proposed by Małgorzata Czermińska, to argue that autotheories function as the challenge.

Keywords

• autotheory
• trans memoire
• subverting the genre