Expression et Construction de Soi

Staging Oneself (mise en scène de soi)

Expression of Emotions

Coming-of-Age Stories (Initiation, apprenticeship) - Coming from childhood to adulthood

Transcendalism and expressionism

Romantic movement

Communion with nature (Wordsworth)

grief/grieving (E.A. Poe, Annabel Lee)

Love and passion (Brontë, Wuthering Heights)

Romantic Poetry - a poet that is tourmented, romantic, passionate and is using literature to express those sentiments

Cinema: Jane Caupion, dance choreographies (American Native Dances), M. Graham)

Memory and Emotions ("Dreamtime" in Australian Aboriginal culture)

Moral, intellectual, psychological evolution of the protagonist

Initiation story (Récit initiatique)

Novels of education

Road Novels/Movies (He/she is trained, changed, formed by experience

Brutal, painful experiences

Losing the innocence

Self-portraits

Autobiography (oneself as an inspiration)

Selfies

Childhood memories and recollections

fictitious vs real/truthful

the image the self wants to give to others - controlling the self-image for hte future (B.Franklin, W. Churchill)

Testimonies about previous experiences