Writing personal memoirs in the twentieth century

Stop "John-Louis Ganel" in front of "Memoirs" this literary genre of narrative texts that revolve at the same time around "the self and history" and note despite the extension of the heritage from "commyens" to the works of "Chateaubriand" that it was met in the twentieth century with a lack of critical interest. This does not prevent that there are valuable texts worthy of attribution to this heritage, including "War Memoirs" written by General "De Gaulle," and the author highlights in his analysis of their gradual absence how the accelerating pace of history led to their being emptied of their meaning, leaving their place to literary models more compatible with contemporary requirements for self-expression.