Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma in The Sound of One Hand Clapping
2
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
Trauma is widely believed to be intergenerational, while Van Alphen believes that trauma is essentially different between survivors of traumatic events and their children. The second generation of trauma groups has been surrounded by traumatic culture since they entered the world, so they have lost the possibility of understanding and reconciling with traumatic events. That is why the second generation suffers more. In order to recover from the trauma, they need to restore their identity to their parents. Taking the novel The Sound of One Hand Clapping as an example, this paper makes a case study to follow the process of Sonja, representative of the second generation. Sonja has been fragmented by trauma and finally reconciles with her parents. I will argue from Sonja’s case that the hidden history must be re-exposed and fully understood to repair the wound, which is necessary and achievable.
Abstract
Trauma is widely believed to be intergenerational, while Van Alphen believes that trauma is essentially different between survivors of traumatic events and their children. The second generation of trauma groups has been surrounded by traumatic culture since they entered the world, so they have lost the possibility of understanding and reconciling with traumatic events. That is why the second generation suffers more. In order to recover from the trauma, they need to restore their identity to their parents. Taking the novel The Sound of One Hand Clapping as an example, this paper makes a case study to follow the process of Sonja, representative of the second generation. Sonja has been fragmented by trauma and finally reconciles with her parents. I will argue from Sonja’s case that the hidden history must be re-exposed and fully understood to repair the wound, which is necessary and achievable.
참고문헌 (15)
- Abraham, Nicolas, "The Shell and the Kernel: Renewals of Psychoanalysis" (1994), The University of Chicago Press
- Antor, Heinz, "The Splintered Glass: Facets of Trauma in the Post-Colony and Beyond", pp.205~220 (2011)
- Erikson, Kai, "Trauma:Explorations in Memory", pp.183~199 (1995), The Johns Hopkins UP
- Flanagan, Richard, "The Sound of One Hand Clapping" (2000), Grove P
- Freud, Sigmund, "The Uncanny" (2003), Penguin Books
- Freud, Sigmund, "The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, vol.14", pp.237~260 (2001)
- Jay Lifton, Robert, "Trauma: Explorations in Memory", pp.128~147 (1995), Johns Hopkins UP
- Kusnir, Jaroslav, "Post-Colonial Space and Australian Identity in Richard Flanagan’s Sound of One Hand Clapping", Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien, 2009, pp.23, 69~80
- Lane, Christopher, "The Testament of the Other: Abraham and Torok’s Failed Expiation of Ghosts", Diacritics, 27, pp.3~29 (1997)
- Laub, Dori, "Trauma: Explorations in Memory", pp.61~75 (1995), Johns Hopkins UP
- Mirko, Jurak, "Slovene Immigrants in Australia in Richard Flanagan’s Novel The Sound of One Hand Clapping", Acta Neophilologica, 34(1-2), pp.17~29 (2001)
- van Alphen, Ernst, "Second-Generation Testimony, Transmission of Trauma, andPostmemory", Poetic Today, 27(2), pp.473~489 (2006)[DOI]
- van der Kolk, Bessel A, "Literary Theory: An Anthology", pp.487~499 (2004), Blackwell
- Wood, Madeleine, "Parents and Children in the Mid-Victorian Novel: Traumatic Encounters and the Formation of Family" (2020), Palgrave Macmillan