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HIS 373/573,
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

THREE EXAMPLES OF 
FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
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Each of the following fictional autobiographies makes especially effective and inventive use of a variety of resources to provide the "telling detail" providing a nice sense of authenticity and comprehensive depth to the individual life being constructed.   
  
These example essays illustrate as well the degree to which each "life" should be annotated and the way in which the external sources utilized in preparation of the "autobiography" can be most effectively recognized. 

 


This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela for the use of students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective during the Fall Semester of the 2005 - 2006 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments by email at l.makela@csuohio.edu.  
 last revised: August 29, 2005