What is suggested about the role of literature and fiction in Bechdel’s representation of her own reality? And about her self-conscious treatment of the intertextual references?
In my opinion, Bechdel uses literature and fiction because it is the one constant all throughout her life. Her life is a very unusual one in many ways: the “arctic” atmosphere of the house that was ironically called the “Fun Home”, the somewhat antagonistic relationship between her parents, her boyish personality from a young age,…
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