Trauma in Contemporary Literature

Narrative and Representation

Marita Nadal, Mónica Calvo

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English

Routledge
06 February 2018

Literary studies: from c 1900 -

Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

Trauma in Contemporary Literature analyzes contemporary narrative texts in English in the light of trauma theory, including essays by scholars of different countries who approach trauma from a variety of perspectives. The book analyzes and applies the most relevant concepts and themes discussed in trauma theory, such as the relationship between individual and collective trauma, historical trauma, absence vs. loss, the roles of perpetrator and victim, dissociation, nachträglichkeit, transgenerational trauma, the process of acting out and working through, introjection and incorporation, mourning and melancholia, the phantom and the crypt, postmemory and multidirectional memory, shame and the affects, and the power of resilience to overcome trauma. Significantly, the essays not only focus on the phenomenon of trauma and its diverse manifestations but, above all, consider the elements that challenge the aporias of trauma, the traps of stasis and repetition, in order to reach beyond the confines of the traumatic condition and explore the possibilities of survival, healing and recovery.

Edited by: Marita Nadal, Mónica Calvo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138547919
ISBN 10: 1138547913
Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 06 February 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marita Nadal is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Mónica Calvo is Lecturer in the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.

Reviews for Trauma in Contemporary Literature: Narrative and Representation

This collection of essays, beginning with Cathy Caruth's poetic, lyrical, and beautifully crafted reading of the metaphorics of ashes, moves through literatures of the traumas of apartheid South Africa, colonial violence, the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the Holocaust, and 9/11 to analyze the global nature of the worst experiences of our times. - Brett Ashley Kaplan, University of Illinois, USA