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This book traces how trauma theory has come to constitute a discrete but influential approach within literary criticism.
List of contents
Introduction; Part I. Origins: 1. The psychoanalytic origins of literary trauma studies Andrew Barnaby; 2. Modernity as the cultural crucible of trauma Karolyn Steffens; 3. Deconstruction: trauma inscribed in language Tom Toremans; 4. The Holocaust as the ultimate trauma narrative Anna Hunter; 5. Ptsd: a new trauma paradigm Lisa Diedrich; Part II. Development: 6. Trauma and narrative Joshua Pederson; 7. Problems in representing trauma Marinella Rodi-Risberg; 8. Trauma in non-Western contexts Irene Visser; 9. Trauma and memory Silke Arnold-De Simine; 10. Neuroscience, narrative, and emotion regulations William Seeley; 11. Trauma in the digital age Allen Meek; 12. Feminist interventions in trauma studies Jennifer Griffiths; 13. Healing and post-traumatic growth Suzanne Lalonde; Part III. Applications: 14. Trauma and the literature of war Gerd Bayer; 15. Trauma and sexual violence Emma V. Miller; 16. Postcolonial trauma Jennifer Yusin; 17. Trauma and the visual arts Marie Krüger; 18. The middle passage and race-based trauma Luminita M. Dragulescu; 19. The trauma of displacement Madelaine Hron; 20. Trauma, truth and reconciliation Erica Still; 21. Terrorism: trauma in the excess of affect Michael Richardson; Conclusion: after trauma studies.
About the author
J. Roger Kurtz is Professor of English and Head of the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University.
Summary
This book offers an overview of the origins of literary trauma theory, records the evolution of the concept of trauma in relation to literature, addresses the relevance of literary understandings of trauma, and examines how the concept has impacted the study of literature.
