J.S. Foer's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" - Sensation mongering or an aid to coping strategies?

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,2, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik), course: The US Justice System, language: English, abstract: The enormous adverse psychological side effects resulting from the 9/11 at-tacks are represented by 13% of lower Manhattan residents even seven years afterwards. Foer has a walk-over attracting a large readership because he utilizes this topic. His rea-dership could have been even bigger if they would have known about the practical im-plementation of coping strategies creatively hidden in the subtext.It is the main goal of this text to reveal major PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in the main characters in a partly scientific/literary analysis and thus give an idea how the 40% of New York City's affected school children might have felt in the aftermath of September 11. Relevant coping strategies that ensure a general health-related quality of life can be experienced in a beautiful story about a boy that exceeds his emotional boundaries with the help of his closer and farther related social environment.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Thieke
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2010
• EAN: 9783640657964
• ISBN: 978-3-640-65796-4
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 5 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 73 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V153531; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V153531
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Humanities, art, music > Education > Secondary school levels I and II