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Reading trauma narratives : the contemporary novel & the psychology of oppression /

"As part of the contemporary reassessment of trauma that goes beyond Freudian psychoanalysis, Laurie Vickroy theorizes trauma in the context of psychological, literary, and cultural criticism. Focusing on novels by Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, and Chuck...

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Main Authors: Vickroy, Laurie, 1954- (Author)
Published: University of Virginia Press,
Publisher Address: Charlottesville :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Psychology in literature.
Modernism (Literature)
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Summary: "As part of the contemporary reassessment of trauma that goes beyond Freudian psychoanalysis, Laurie Vickroy theorizes trauma in the context of psychological, literary, and cultural criticism. Focusing on novels by Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, and Chuck Palahniuk, she shows how these writers try to enlarge our understanding of the relationship between individual traumas and the social forces of injustice, oppression, and objectification. Further, she argues, their work provides striking examples of how the devastating effects of trauma--whether sexual, socioeconomic, or racial--on individual personality can be depicted in narrative."--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: xv, 198 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-193) and index.
ISBN: 9780813937380
0813937388
9780813937373
081393737X
Index Number: PS374
CLC: I712.074
Call Number: I712.074/V637-1
Contents: Introduction: Ways of reading trauma in literary narratives -- Re-creating the split self in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin and Alias Grace -- Fear and commodification in the shaping of America in Toni Morrison's Paradise and A Mercy -- Obsessions and possessions in William Faulkner's Absalom Absalom! -- The traumas of love and death in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body -- Trauma, gender, and commodification in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and Invisible Monsters -- Conclusion: Trauma as a critical juncture of society, culture, and human psychology.

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