Homo Narrans Fictus, or Storytelling as a Mode of Existence

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2026.12.96-103

Keywords:

autofiction, homo narrans fictus, identity, narrating self, narrated self

Abstract

This article shows how autofiction emerges from the gap between the Self that narrates and the Self that is narrated exploring the disjunction between past and present. It is not merely a genre, but an anthropological and ethical act in which the individual called homo narrans fictus constructs the Self through storytelling. Writing allows for coexistence with lost time and constitutes identity as a process of continuous retelling and fictionalization of the Self.

Author Biography

  • Ivona Vartelkova, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

    Ivona VARTELKOVA is a PhD student at the Department of Bulgarian Literature, Faculty of Slavic Philologies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Her doctoral research focuses on autofiction in the Bulgarian novel during the 21st century. Her academic interests include contemporary Bulgarian literature, autofiction, narrative identity, and autobiographical writing. She has participated in national academic conferences and is currently working on scholarly articles related to autofiction and contemporary literary theory. 

    ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9368-1248

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Published

2026-06-24

Issue

Vol. 12 (2026)

Section

I. Autofiction: From Theory to Practice

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Homo Narrans Fictus, or Storytelling as a Mode of Existence. (2026). Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum, 12, 96-103. https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2026.12.96-103