Published in Brolly: Journal of Social Sciences 6 (2), this double blind peer reviewed research paper examines author-characters in autofiction, arguing that their liminal insertion disrupts traditional perceptions of authorial authenticity. Through analysis of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse -Five, and Ben Lerner’s 10:04, I establish how author-characters function as multi-layered representations which embody and fictionalise the … Continue reading Self as Performative Gesture: The Author-Character’s Role in Autofiction