Dr. Joseph Varghese Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin ([email protected]) Ms. Vani Maria, Jose Assistant Professor, Sree Sabareesa College, Kottayam Abstract The notion of trauma rose into prominence with the publication of Caruth’s Unclaimed Experiences: Trauma, Narrative and History(1996) and Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub’s Testimony: Crises of witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis and History(1992).Trauma […]
Author: Drishti: the Sight
Representation And Narration Of Trauma In Don Delillo’s The Body Artist
Abhijit Sarmah M Phil Scholar, Department of English, Dibrugarh University, Assam ([email protected]) Abstract As Giles Foden points out in his review, Don DeLillo’s thirteenth book The Body Artist is unlike any of the author’s previous as well as latter works (Foden). Even though much has been written about the author’s exceptional treatment of time, grief […]
Remapping Trauma in Mythic Narratives: A Study of Surpanakha’s Story
Shruti Chakraborti Research Scholar, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus) [email protected] M.G. Prasuna Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani (HyderabadCampus) [email protected] Abstract The etymological meaning of the word trauma finds its source in the Greek word, Traumatikos (Abubakar 119) which refers to a serious physical injury. The severe physical […]
Focus Area for May 2021 Issue
Rewriting Mythology Mythologies, irrespective of culture and society, have played crucial role in delineating and instituting meaning, identity and patterns of life practices while making myths tangible through symbols, stories and rituals. As cultural construct and, in turn, constructors of culture, mythology and culture have intrinsic mutuality influencing customs, behavior and even ways communications. In […]