177 KB63 KB2025Nazockdast, Saraštevilka:2letnik:22str. 113-129DOI:10.4312/elope.22.2.113-129ISSN:1581-8918COBISSID_HOST:270940675URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-ARUDRQ4UenZaložba Univerze v LjubljaniELOPE (Ljubljana)autopathographyavtopatografijaKalanithi, Paullife-narrativesMedical Humanitiesmedicinska humanistikapostmodernapostmodernityživljenjske pripovediThe sense of our ending| mortality, narrative (in)efficiency, and autopathographical commitment in Paul Kalanithi’s When breath becomes air|The Medical Humanities underscore the pivotal role of autopathographies in understanding the impact of illness on the self, and the correlative senses of agency, autonomy, and identity for critical and practical insights. This study employs a multidisciplinary theoretical framework, aligned with the requirements of the Medical Humanities, incorporating cognitive approaches to life-narratives alongside Frank Kermode’s humanistic interpretation of storytelling to address two contestations with regard to the existing theories of narrative selves, particularly concerning narrative unity and totality. Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air is analysed as the quintessential autopathography that effectively responds to these challenges while adhering to the postmodern exigencies of its eraMedicinska humanistika poudarja ključno vlogo avtopatografij pri razumevanju vpliva bolezni na posameznika ter s tem povezanih občutkov tvornosti, avtonomije in identitete. Ta študija uporablja multidisciplinarni teoretični okvir, ki je v skladu s pristopi medicinske humanistike. Ta vključuje kognitivne pristope k življenjskim pripovedim skupaj s humanistično interpretacijo pripovedovanja zgodb Franka Kermoda z namenom kritične obravnave obstoječih teorij pripovednega jaza, zlasti pripovedne celovitosti. Knjiga Paula Kalanithija When Breath Becomes Air je analizirana kot tipična avtopatografija, ki se učinkovito odziva na te izzive, hkrati pa upošteva zahteve svoje – postmoderne – dobeTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta