Narratives of Trauma and Loss in Caryl Phillips’s Crossing the River and A Distant Shore
This article argues that trauma is at the heart of Caryl Phillips’s fiction with particular reference to two novels, Crossing the River (1993) and A Distant Shore (2003). It assesses a number of writers associated with trauma theory and takes issue with the prevailing idea that trauma studies do not...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | This article argues that trauma is at the heart of Caryl Phillips’s fiction with particular reference to two novels, Crossing the River (1993) and A Distant Shore (2003). It assesses a number of writers associated with trauma theory and takes issue with the prevailing idea that trauma studies do not sit well with postcolonial literary practice. Close readings of the two novels reveal how their focus on trauma allows Phillips to articulate narratives that reveal post- and neo-colonial contexts. |
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