The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma

Over 40 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.

Zusatztext Contributors to this ambitious! far-ranging volume explore the way trauma has been treated in literature! from fiction to testimonial writing and visual media. These explorations! sometimes convergent and at other times divergent! will engage readers across various disciplines and may well offer bases to elaborate further possibilities and limits in the critical understanding of trauma and trauma studies.Dominick LaCapra Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Over 40 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. Zusammenfassung Over 40 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to Literary Trauma Studies Colin Davis and Hanna Meretoja Part 1: Sources and Inspirations History of Trauma Theory Nicole Sütterlin Philosophies of Trauma Hanna Meretoja Trauma, Poststructuralism and Ethics Colin Davis Theories of Cultural Trauma Todd Madigan Trauma and Cultural Memory Studies Rosanne Kennedy Testimony Meg Jensen Trauma, Time and Address Cathy Caruth Part 2: Key Concepts Victimhood Susana Onega Perpetrator Trauma Erin McGlothlin Witnessing Carolyn Dean Screen Memory Max Silverman Working-Through Jean-Michel Ganteau Affect Andreea Ritivoi Narrative Jakob Lothe Gender Sharon Marquart 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 Genocide Josias Semujanga 37. 9/11 Lucy Bond 38. The Iraq War Patrick Deer 39. Katrina Eric Doise 40. Transgenerational Nuclear Trauma Gabriel...

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

Introduction to Literary Trauma Studies

Colin Davis and Hanna Meretoja

Part 1: Sources and Inspirations

1. History of Trauma Theory ** Nicole Sütterlin

2. Philosophies of Trauma ** Hanna Meretoja

3. Trauma, Poststructuralism and Ethics ** Colin Davis

4. Theories of Cultural Trauma ** Todd Madigan

5. Trauma and Cultural Memory Studies ** Rosanne Kennedy

6. Testimony ** Meg Jensen

7. Trauma, Time and Address Cathy Caruth ** Part 2: Key Concepts

8. Victimhood ** Susana Onega

9. Perpetrator Trauma ** Erin McGlothlin

10. Witnessing ** Carolyn Dean

11. Screen Memory ** Max Silverman

12. Working-Through ** Jean-Michel Ganteau

13. Affect ** Andreea Ritivoi

14. Narrative ** Jakob Lothe

15. Gender ** 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 Genocide

Josias Semujanga

37. 9/11

Lucy Bond

38. The Iraq War

Patrick Deer

39. Katrina

Eric Doise

40. Transgenerational Nuclear Trauma

Gabrielle Schwab