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This book fills a gap in the field of contemporary trauma studies
by interrogating the relevance of trauma for African literatures.
Kurtz argues that a thoughtful application of trauma theory in
relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise,
and furthermore that the benefits of this exercise include not only
what it can do for African literature, but also what it can do for
trauma studies. He makes the case for understanding trauma healing
within the larger project of peacebuilding, with an emphasis on the
transformative potential of what he terms the African moral
imagination as embodied in the creative work of its writers. He
offers readings of selected works by Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa
Thiong'o, Chimamanda Adichie, and Nuruddin Farah as case studies
for how African literature can influence our understanding of
trauma and trauma healing. This will be a valuable volume for those
with interests in current trends and developments in trauma
studies, African literary studies, postcolonial studies, and memory
studies.
With a focus on the urban setting of key Kenyan novels. A study of
the key Kenyan novels since Ngugi published Weep Not, Child in
1962. North America: Africa World Press; Kenya: EAEP
As a concept, 'trauma' has attracted a great deal of interest in
literary studies. A key term in psychoanalytic approaches to
literary study, trauma theory represents a critical approach that
enables new modes of reading and of listening. It is a leading
concept of our time, applicable to individuals, cultures, and
nations. This book traces how trauma theory has come to constitute
a discrete but influential approach within literary criticism in
recent decades. It offers an overview of the genesis and growth of
literary trauma theory, recording the evolution of the concept of
trauma in relation to literary studies. In twenty-one essays,
covering the origins, development, and applications of trauma in
literary studies, Trauma and Literature addresses the relevance and
impact this concept has in the field.
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