Barnashree Khasnobis Lecturer, Presidency University, Bengaluru ([email protected]) Abstract The field of trauma literature has received critical attention from Freudian and Lacanian perspectives in works of theorists like Cathy Caruth, Shoshana Felman and Geoffrey Hartman. Understanding trauma in fictions, poetry, short stories and plays under the lens of socio-cultural framework has also remained under discussion. Comparative […]
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Exploring Trauma through Survivor’s Testimony in Cat’s Eye
Sanjib Das Research scholar (M.phil), Dibrugarh University(Assam) ([email protected]) Abstract To understand the manifold responses to trauma, examining aspects of psychological functioning within the social or cultural environment is required. Fiction that depicts trauma incorporates varied responses and survival behaviours within the characterizations of survivors. Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer who often depicts characters as […]
The Insane Women- A “trauma” Reading of Felanee
Dr. Jayanta Madhab Tamuly Assistant Professor, Dept. English, Mahapurush Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya (([email protected]) Abstract This paper attempts an analysis of the elements of trauma in Felanee by Arupa Patangia Kalita. It examines how the origin, identity and development of certain characters of the novel are defined and determined by trauma .Though trauma cannot be called […]
Tracing the Dystopian Trail of Collective Trauma in Vijay Tendulkar’s Play Ghashiram Kotwal
Dr. Breez Mohan Hazarika Associate Professor, Department of English, DCB Girls’ College ([email protected]) Abstract Collective trauma is a social cognitive process in which the combined population experiences trauma, consequent to the cataclysmic event. It affects entire groups of people, communities or societies. It often occurs during wars, subversive attacks, natural catastrophes, economic stagnation, pandemics, famines, […]