LEADER 03829oam 22006494a 450 001 9910797537503321 005 20221206222655.0 010 $a0-8139-3739-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000471448 035 $a(EBL)4401779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001558222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16183844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001558222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13719569 035 $a(PQKB)10036697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4401779 035 $a(OCoLC)920466772 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46040 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000471448 100 $a20150618d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading trauma narratives$b[electronic resource] $ethe contemporary novel and the psychology of oppression /$fLaurie Vickroy 210 1$aCharlottesville :$cUniversity of Virginia Press,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2015 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8139-3737-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRe-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. 330 $aAs 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 Palahniuk, she shows how these writers try to enlarge our understanding of the relationship between individual traumas and the social forces of injustice, oppression, and objectification. Further, she argues, their work provides striking examples of how the devastating effects of trauma-whether sexual, socioeconomic, or racial-on individual personality can be depicted in narrative. Vickroy offers a unique blend of interpretive frameworks. She draws on theories of trauma and narrative to analyze the ways in which her selected texts engage readers both cognitively and ethically-immersing them in, and yet providing perspective on, the flawed thinking and behavior of the traumatized and revealing how the psychology of fear can be a driving force for individuals as well as for society. Through this engagement, these writers enable readers to understand their own roles in systems of power and how they internalize the ideologies of those systems. 606 $aCanadian fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aModernism (Literature) 606 $aPsychology in literature 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 606 $aPsychic trauma in literature 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aCanadian fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aModernism (Literature) 615 0$aPsychology in literature. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 615 0$aPsychic trauma in literature. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.509353 700 $aVickroy$b Laurie$f1954-$01480365 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797537503321 996 $aReading trauma narratives$93696981 997 $aUNINA