Sona Gevorkian

The Remembrance of Things Past: Shaping Traumatic Memories in Literary Fiction

Friday, December 10, 2021, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. PT


Recommended Reading:

Balaev, Michelle. “Trauma Theory and Its Discontents: The Potentials of Pluralism.” The Nature of Trauma in American Novels, Northwestern University Press, 2012, pp. 3–40.

Chee, Alexander. “The Autobiography of My Novel.” Sewanee Review, vol. 126, no. 2, 2018, pp. 338–361.

Kincaid, Jamaica. “In History.” Callaloo, vol. 24, no. 2, 2001, pp. 620–626.

Pederson, Joshua. “Trauma and Narrative.” Trauma and Literature, edited by J. Robert Kurtz, Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 97–109.

Rodi-Risberg, Marinella. “Problems in Representing Trauma.” Trauma and Literature, edited by J. Robert Kurtz, Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 110–123.

Sütterlin, Nicole A. "History of Trauma Theory." The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma, edited by Colin Davis and Hannah Meretoja, Routledge, 2020, pp. 11-22.

Visser, Irene. “Trauma in Non-Western Contexts.” Trauma and Literature, edited by J. Robert Kurtz, Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 124-139.

Michelle Balaev - The Nature of Trauma in American Novels (Book Chapter).pdf
Alexander Chee - The Autobiography of my Novel (Essay).pdf
Jamaica Kincaid -In History (Essay).pdf
Joshua Pederson - Trauma and Narrative (Book Chapter).pdf
Marinella Rodi-Risberg - Problems in Representing Trauma (Book Chapter).pdf
Nicole Sutterlin -The History of Trauma Theory (Book Chapter).pdf
Irene Visser - Trauma in Nonwestern Contexts (Book Chapter).pdf