What is a memoir? (1 Viewer)

[Colemans]

Is it simply just recalling events in first person? Also would something like a diary entry count as a memoir or are they different things?

 

[astroman]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+a+memoir

 

[Colemans]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+a+memoir

HSC memoir, not everyday memoir. There are different standards for HSC.

 

[mreditor16]

Is it simply just recalling events in first person? Also would something like a diary entry count as a memoir or are they different things?

Q. What is a memoir?

A. Romulus My Father.

 

[Colemans]

^ yeah no clue about what that text is about.

 

[Machiavelli1]

I'd say recalling personal events

 

[simplyinsanity]

I'd say recalling personal events

Basically this except you use a hindsight perspective/reflective point of view.

For example: I ignored my mother. Back then, I thought she was trying to control my life but I now realise that she was just trying to look out for me.

 

[cem]

A diary is what you write down on or about the time something happens.

A memoir is recalling those events sometime in the future often with reference to the diary but not always.