Anindita Kar Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Bapujee College ([email protected]) Abstract This paper examines the trauma left behind by the death of Shakespeare’s son Hamnet as explored in the recently published book Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell. Because of the timing of its publication, March 2020, readers can relate to the book, and empathise with […]
Month: March 2021
Trauma of the Displaced in Herta Muller’s The Passport and Temsula Ao’s These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone
Dr. Chitra.V. S Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Mahatma Gandhi College (University of Kerala) ([email protected]) Abstract Literature offers a fertile soil for depicting the feelings of displacementgenerating psychological aberrations of trauma. Inthis sense, the term trauma of displacement offers a new perspective. Undoubtedly, the imprints of trauma in the displaced is irrevocable and creates a […]
Reading Home as a Space of Trauma in Trezza Azzopardi’s The Hiding Place
Bonjyotshna Saikia Research Scholar, Department of English, Tezpur University ([email protected]) Abstract Trezza Azzopardi’s The Hiding Place (2000) is a novel about traumatic childhood experiences in the familial context, within the home. The concept of “trauma” in this paper encompasses an individual’s suffering, and in doing so, the paper attempts to read the nuances of traumatic […]
The White Standard of Beauty and its Traumatic Impact: A Study of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Chitra Pegu Ph. D. Research Scholar, Central University of Haryana ([email protected]) Abstract Beauty is defined by individual senses or mind. Since our minds and senses differ individually, the idea of beauty also varies accordingly. It is all about how we shape our mind and how we get ourselves influenced by the others’ definition of beauty. […]