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 Palahn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vickroy, Laurie, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
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.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
Narration.
Psychologie dans la littérature.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Canadian fiction
English fiction
Psychic trauma in literature
Psychology in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Trauma as a Critical Juncture of Society, Culture, and Human Psychology

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