Trauma and literature
edited by J. Roger Kurtz, Drexel University
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
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| Omfang | xvi, 397 sider
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| Opplysninger | Har register. - The psychoanalytic origins of literary trauma studies / Andrew Barnaby -- Modernity as the cultural crucible of trauma / Karolyn Steffens -- Deconstruction : trauma inscribed in language / Tom Toremans -- The Holocaust as the ultimate trauma narrative / Anna Hunter -- PTSD : a new trauma paradigm / Lisa Diedrich -- Trauma and narrative / Joshua Pederson -- Problems in representing trauma / Marinella Rodi-Risberg -- Trauma in non-western contexts / Irene Visser -- Trauma and memory / Silke Arnold-de Simine -- Neuroscience, narrative, and emotion regulations / William P. Seeley -- Trauma in the digital age / Allen Meek -- Feminist interventions in trauma studies / Jennifer Griffiths -- Healing and post-traumatic growth / Suzanne LaLonde -- Trauma and the literature of war / Gerd Bayer -- Trauma and sexual violence / Emma V. Miller -- Postcolonial trauma / Jennifer Yusin -- Trauma and the visual arts / Marie Kruger -- The middle passage and race-based trauma / Luminita M. Dragulescu -- The trauma of displacement / Madelaine Hron -- Trauma, truth and reconciliation / Erica Still -- Terrorism : trauma in the excess of affect / Michael Richardson -- Conclusion : after trauma studies? / J. Roger Kurtz. - As a concept, "trauma" has attracted a great deal of interest in literary studies. A key term in psychoanalytic approaches to literary study, trauma theory represents a critical approach that enables new modes of reading and of listening. It is a leading concept of our time, applicable to individuals, cultures, and nations. This books traces how trauma theory has come to constitute a discrete but influential approach within literary criticisms in recent decades. it offers an overview of the genesis and growth of literary trauma theory, recording the evolution of the concept of trauma in relation to literary studies. In twenty-one essays, covering the origins, development and application of trauma in literary studies, Trauma and Literature addresses the relevance and impact this concept has in the field
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| ISBN | 978-1-107-17664-5
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