TY - GEN T1 - Reading trauma narratives : the contemporary novel & the psychology of oppression A1 - Vickroy, Laurie, 1954- LA - English PP - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn920466772 AB - 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 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. CN - PS374.P69 V53 2015eb SN - 9780813937373 SN - 081393737X SN - 9780813937397 SN - 0813937396 SN - 9780813937380 SN - 0813937388 KW - American fiction : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - Psychic trauma in literature. KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - Psychology in literature. KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - English fiction : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - Canadian fiction : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - Roman américain : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature. KW - Narration. KW - Psychologie dans la littérature. KW - Modernisme (Littérature) KW - Roman anglais : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - American fiction KW - Canadian fiction KW - English fiction KW - Psychic trauma in literature KW - Psychology in literature KW - 1900-1999 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -