Annie Ernaux and the Writing of Traces in The Years and The Super 8 Years

Authors

Keywords:

Annie Ernaux, memory, autosociobiography, media archaeology, social history

Abstract

This article investigates the intersections between the novel The Years (2008), by Annie Ernaux, and the documentary The Super 8 Years (2022), by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot, in order to explore the relationship between subjective and objective memory through different media. Based on the concept of autosociobiography, the study analyzes how the author transforms personal experiences into collective testimony, connecting individual memory to social history. Drawing on media archaeology, it examines how audiovisual and written records preserve and reframe the past. The analysis shows that memory, though rooted in intimate experience, is key to the construction of historical narratives, acting as a link between subjectivity and broader historical contexts.

Author Biographies

Miriam de Paiva Vieira, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei/Professora adjunta

Professor Miriam de Paiva Vieira holds a Ph.D. and is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), working in the Department of Letters, Arts, and Culture (DELAC). She is a CNPq Productivity Fellow.

She coordinates the Intermediality Working Group (GT) of ANPOLL and is a member of the Board of the International Society for Intermedial Studies.

-ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-0217

-Lattes CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1117606028406532

Thalisson Machado, UFSJ/Graduando

Thalisson da Silva Machado is an undergraduate student in English Language and Literatures at the Federal University of São João del-Rei.

-Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9034212108593609

-Orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0295-4237

 

References

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ELSAESSER, Thomas. Cinema como arqueologia das mídias. São Paulo: Edições Sesc, 2018.

ERNAUX, Annie. Os anos. Tradução de Marília Garcia. São Paulo: Fósforo, 2021.

_______. A escrita como faca e outros textos. São Paulo: Fósforo, 2023.

ERNAUX, Annie; ERNAUX-BRIOT, David. Les Années Super 8. [S.l.]: Les Films Pelléas, 2022. 1 filme (62 min), son., color.

LOUISIANA CHANNEL. Writer Annie Ernaux: “I’m nobody when I write.” 2023. Disponível em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLkpEHhBHe4. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2025.

SACCHETTA, Paula; TABACOF WAKS, Jonas. Os anos de Annie Ernaux: o lugar da mulher em texto e filme. Revista Cult, 13 dez. 2022. Disponível em: https://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/os-anos-de-annie-ernaux/. Acesso em: 21 fev. 2025.

Published

30-11-2025

How to Cite

de Paiva Vieira, M., & Machado, T. (2025). Annie Ernaux and the Writing of Traces in The Years and The Super 8 Years. Revista (Entre Parênteses), 15(1). Retrieved from https://publicacoes.unifal-mg.edu.br/revistas/index.php/entreparenteses/article/view/2710

Issue

Section

DOSSIÊ "MÍDIA, IMAGEM E MEMÓRIA"

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