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The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma

Edited By Colin Davis, Hanna Meretoja Copyright 2020
    496 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    496 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    496 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    Literary trauma studies is a rapidly developing field which examines how literature deals with the personal and cultural aspects of trauma and engages with such historical and current phenomena as the Holocaust and other genocides, 9/11, climate catastrophe or the still unsettled legacy of colonialism.





    The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma is a comprehensive guide to the history and theory of trauma studies, including key concepts, consideration of critical perspectives and discussion of future developments. It also explores different genres and media, such as poetry, life-writing, graphic narratives, photography and post-apocalyptic fiction, and analyses how literature engages with particular traumatic situations and events, such as the Holocaust, the Occupation of France, the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Katrina and transgenerational nuclear trauma.





    Forty essays from top thinkers in the field demonstrate the range and vitality of trauma studies as it has been used to further the understanding of literature and other cultural forms across the world.

    Introduction to Literary Trauma Studies



    Colin Davis and Hanna Meretoja





    Part 1: Sources and Inspirations









      1. History of Trauma Theory




        2. Nicole Sütterlin





      2. Philosophies of Trauma




        3. Hanna Meretoja





      3. Trauma, Poststructuralism and Ethics




        4. Colin Davis





      4. Theories of Cultural Trauma




        5. Todd Madigan





      5. Trauma and Cultural Memory Studies




        6. Rosanne Kennedy





      6. Testimony




        7. Meg Jensen





      7. Trauma, Time and Address




        8. Cathy Caruth





        Part 2: Key Concepts





      8. Victimhood




        9. Susana Onega





      9. Perpetrator Trauma




        10. Erin McGlothlin





      10. Witnessing




        11. Carolyn Dean





      11. Screen Memory




        12. Max Silverman





      12. Working-Through




        13. Jean-Michel Ganteau





      13. Affect




        14. Andreea Ritivoi





      14. Narrative




        15. Jakob Lothe





      15. Gender




        16. Sharon Marquart





      16. Intersectionality




    Kaisa Ilmonen





    Part 3: Critical Perspectives and Future Directions



    17. Cosmological Trauma and Postcolonial Modernity



    Sam Durrant and Ryan Topper



    18. Trauma and the Implicated Subject



    Michael Rothberg



    19. Transcultural Empathy



    Katja Garloff



    20. Cognitive Approaches to Trauma and Literature



    Joshua Pederson



    21. Trauma, Critical Posthumanism and New Materialism



    Deniz Gundogan Ibrisim



    22. Trauma Studies in the Digital Age



    Anna Menyhért



    23. Reading Literatures of Trauma in the Age of Globalization



    Kaisa Kaakinen



    24. Trauma, Illness and Narrative in the Medical Humanities



    Jo Winning



    25. Climate Trauma



    Stef Craps





    Part 4: Genres and Media



    26. Trauma and Fiction



    Robert Eaglestone



    27. Trauma and Poetry



    Charles Armstrong



    28. Trauma and Life Writing



    Leena Kurvet-Käosaar



    29. Graphic Narratives as Trauma Fiction



    Katalin Orban



    30. Trauma and Drama/Theatre/Performance



    Patrick Duggan



    31. Trauma and Photography



    Cécile Bishop



    32. Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and the Future Anterior



    Jouni Teittinen





    Part 5: Places and Events



    33. Trauma in Holocaust Literature



    Sue Vice



    34. The German Occupation of France, 1940-44



    Avril Tynan



    35. The Vietnam War



    Mark Heberle



    36. The Rwandan

    Biography

    Colin Davis is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.





    Hanna Meretoja is Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of SELMA: Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory at the University of Turku, Finland.

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