السيرة الذاتية وأشكالها المتنوعة : نشأتها وتطورها في الأدب العربي

Abstract

Autobiography is an important genre of literature. It is any author’s life-sketch given by himself. While writing autobiography, a writer puts down any news and event/s related to his life. This art includes his birth, his childhood, and his activities and behaviors with his parents, his family as well as all the people around him. It also discusses the contemporary social, political and cultural context in which he lives and is involved. Hence, the autobiography is very important to know the life of some prominent people, their personalities and the events with which he is in/directly related. Given this information, this research has selected the subject/topic that is based on the evolution and development of autobiography in the Arabic literature. This research tries to discover the concept of autobiography with a description of its distinctive features and the differences between it and biography. To exemplify these, this research also discusses some of the autobiographical works and their authors. Thus, it will help the writers, teachers, readers and researchers get the correct history of autobiographical works in Arabic Literature.