Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying

This article offers a fresh examination of Mitch Albom's bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) from a perspective of literary age studies, with a special focus on the concept of later-life mentorship. The classic mentor figure, commonly seen as the archetype of a wise old teacher, is revived t...

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Autor: Stončikaitė, Ieva
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100972
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Palavra-chave:Dying
Literary gerontology
Memoir
Mentorship
Old age
Wisdom
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spelling Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dyingStončikaitė, IevaDyingLiterary gerontologyMemoirMentorshipOld ageWisdomThis article offers a fresh examination of Mitch Albom's bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) from a perspective of literary age studies, with a special focus on the concept of later-life mentorship. The classic mentor figure, commonly seen as the archetype of a wise old teacher, is revived through the healing power of an end-of-life narrative. The mentorial relationship between a young man and an old man shows that the personal growth is as an ongoing and ageless process of becoming that can lead to wisdom and a better understanding of aging and living-with-dying. It also reveals that later-life narratives of mentorship are an integral part of the transmission of knowledge and humanistic values to establish solid relationships between generations. Life lessons with Morrie, collected in the form of a memoir, provide readers with important tools to learn to accept life in all its dimensions, and show how literary narratives of growing older can help deconstruct negative western notions of old age and lead to more meaningful lives in all life stages.Elsevier202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100972http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72149http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/72149reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100972Journal of Aging Studies, 2021, vol. 59, article 100972, p. 1-7cc-by (c) Stončikaitė, Ieva, 2021info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/721492026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
spellingShingle Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
Stončikaitė, Ieva
Dying
Literary gerontology
Memoir
Mentorship
Old age
Wisdom
title_short Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
title_full Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
title_fullStr Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
title_full_unstemmed Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
title_sort Literary mentorship on the art of living, aging and dying
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Stončikaitė, Ieva
author Stončikaitė, Ieva
author_facet Stončikaitė, Ieva
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dying
Literary gerontology
Memoir
Mentorship
Old age
Wisdom
topic Dying
Literary gerontology
Memoir
Mentorship
Old age
Wisdom
description This article offers a fresh examination of Mitch Albom's bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie (1997) from a perspective of literary age studies, with a special focus on the concept of later-life mentorship. The classic mentor figure, commonly seen as the archetype of a wise old teacher, is revived through the healing power of an end-of-life narrative. The mentorial relationship between a young man and an old man shows that the personal growth is as an ongoing and ageless process of becoming that can lead to wisdom and a better understanding of aging and living-with-dying. It also reveals that later-life narratives of mentorship are an integral part of the transmission of knowledge and humanistic values to establish solid relationships between generations. Life lessons with Morrie, collected in the form of a memoir, provide readers with important tools to learn to accept life in all its dimensions, and show how literary narratives of growing older can help deconstruct negative western notions of old age and lead to more meaningful lives in all life stages.
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