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1st Edition

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... Read more

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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