“Eto ia – Carrère”: Analysing the Influence of Limonov’s Autobiographical Mode in Carrère’s Literary Work

Abstract

In this paper, the author presents a brief overview of Eduard Limonov’s (1943) and Emmanuel Carrère’s (1957) artistic productions, especially dealing with their approaches to the relationship between fiction and reality. Reading Limonov’s autobiographical works, Carrère re-creates his pseudo-biographical depictions, “portraying” and interpreting Edichka’s “forma povedeniia”, or manner of life. The introduction of an intrusive narrator works as a strategy to “wear the narcissistic mask”. Analysing Limonov’s autobiographical mode, it is possible to observe how Carrère elaborates a complementary narrative level to “narrate his own self”, following Edichka’s experience.