الفهرس 
Place and Self-Construction in the Autobiographies of Radwa Ashour and Edward SaidOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
This thesis explores the forms of self-life writing, focusing on the autobiographical writings of Radwa Ashour’s: The Journey: A diary of an Egyptian Student in America) Al-Riḥla Ayyam Ṭalibah Miṣriyah fi Amrika), As Sturdy as a Mountain (Athqal Min Radwa) , and The Scream (Al Ṣarkha) ; and Edward Said’s After the Last Sky and Out of Place. The main aim of this study is to give autobiography the literary and historical respect it deserves, that is by examining autobiographies from the perspective of geocriticism and the concept of place that construct the character of the autobiographer. Furthermore, autobiography is studied in relation to history and the collective traumatic history shared by individuals who witnessed it and were able to write their account of such history, which urges historians to use their testimony as a source material for writing history. The study also explores the motivations and conditions of writing autobiographies and the techniques used in the creation of autobiographies.
Key words: Autobiography. Memoir, geocriticism. Place. History. Trauma. Motivations. Techniques.