Prateeti Barman Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Work, Royal Global University ([email protected]) Abstract Trauma is a mental condition caused by severe shock, especially when the harmful effects last for a long time. Freud’s writings in the 1890s are important for tracing how trauma accrued new physical meanings. An important theme in the novel Jangam, which […]
Issue II
Introspecting Trauma, Sexual Violence against Women and Alienation of ‘Self’ as Portrayed in Partition Literature with Special Reference to Pinjar
Akhil Chandra Borah Research Scholar (M.phil), Dibrugarh University (Department of Political Science) ([email protected]) Abstract Amrita Pritam is known for her contribution towards the partition literature. In her writings, the readers can find the living history of the event of partition of India. Through her writings, readers can visualise and realise the actual trauma of the […]
Locating Homophobic Violence and Trauma in the Short Film Touch
Silba R. Marak Research Scholar, Dept. of English, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus [email protected] Dr. Dwijen Sharma Dept. of English, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus [email protected] Abstract This paper analyses LGBTQ trauma as reflected in a short film Touch. It locates the spaces where homophobic violence mostly occurs – home, streets and educational institutions. Even […]
The Dislocated Self: Trauma in Wendy Pearlman’s We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled
Dr Shruti Das P.G. Department of English, Berhampur University ([email protected]) Mirza Ibrahim Beg Research Scholar,P G department of English, Berhampur University Abstract The Syrian civil war and the ensuing crisis is one of the largest humanitarian and geopolitical problems since World War II. Civil wars tear countries apart and the major casualties are the common […]