autobiographical novel
Author's life fictionalized
An autobiographical novel is a work of fiction drawn substantially from the author's own life.
Unlike memoir, it uses the novel's conventions—invented names, composite characters, rearranged events—while the emotional core and major incidents remain recognizably personal.
Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is a classic autobiographical novel.
The form lets writers explore their experience with artistic distance.
- autofictionFiction drawn from life
- life storyAccount of someone's existence
- personal historyAccount of someone's life
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
- first person narratorSpeaker who says "I"
antinovel · personal narrative · Bildungsroman · coming-of-age · childhood memories · formative years · self-reflection · self-expression · family dynamics · cultural identity · fictional memoir · inner life · history · self-discovery · self-portrait · family · intimate · youth
- fictionfiction, novel, novels, novella, novellas
- memoirsmemoir, memoirs, life story, personal history, life stories
- autobiographical fictionautofiction, fictionalized memoir
- autofictionfictionalized memoir
- fake memoirsfake memoir
autobiographical novelfantasy novel
Story featuring magic, mythical settings
science fiction · biography · historical fiction · speculative fiction
autobiographical noveltall tale
Wildly exaggerated story
myth · fairy tale · fable · legend
autobiographical novelmemoir
Written personal recollection
autobiography · personal essay · diary · journal · creative nonfiction
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