Authorial Voices of Self-Representation in Fiction à Substrat Professionnel (FASP): the Case of the American Lawyer-Author

Focussing on authorial imaginary, this article seeks to determine what leads American lawyers-turned-authors project negative fictional images of their own profession. After a brief introduction FASP (specialised narrative) and other defining parameters discussion, we examine the vocation/avocation profile lawyer-author commonalities which facilitate crossover from lawyer author. We then go discuss diegetic extradiegetic foregrounding author’s original status as domain specialist. presenting three broad categorisations protagonists predominance portrayals, look at different reasons help understand phenomenon. To conclude, in departure customary denunciation such attempt find elements more positive fallout.