Trauma Fiction
Trauma Fiction:

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1. Verfasser: Whitehead, Anne (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Literary Studies
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
Psychic trauma in literature
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Zusammenfassung:GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618576);'Displays intelligence, deep understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding trauma as a literary subject and originality. The book marks an important step forward in the development of trauma studies.'- Cathy Caruth, Winship Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English, Emory UniversityThe literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time.Trauma Fiction focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides innovative readings of texts by Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W. G. Sebald and Binjamin Wilkomirski.
It also considers the ways in which trauma has affected fictional form, exploring how novelists have responded to the challenge of writing traumatic narratives, and identifying the key stylistic features associated with the genre.In addition, the book introduces the reader to key critics in the field of trauma theory such as Cathy Caruth, Shoshana Felman and Geoffrey Hartman. The linking of trauma theory and literary texts not only sheds light on works of contemporary fiction, it also points to the inherent connections between trauma theory and the literary which have often been overlooked. The distinction between literary theme and style in the book opens up major questions regarding the nature of trauma itself.
Trauma, like the novels discussed, is shown to take an uncertain but productive place between content and form.Key FeaturesIdenitifes and explores a new and evolving genre in contemporary fictionThinks through the relation between trauma and literatureProduces innovative readings of key works of contemporary fiction Provides an introduction to key ideas in trauma theoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPart I: ThemeIntroduction to Part I: Theme1. The Past as Revenant: Trauma and Haunting in Pat Barker's Another World2. Telling Tales: Trauma and Testimony in Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments3. 'Ground that will remember you': Trauma and Landscape in Anne Michaels's Fugitive PiecesPart II: StyleIntroduction to Part II: Style4. Othello in the Ghetto: Trauma and Intertextuality in Caryl Phillips's The Nature of Blood5. The Butterfly Man: Trauma and Repetition in the Writing of W. G. Sebald6.
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
ISBN:9780748666010
DOI:10.1515/9780748666010

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