IMAGINATION AS SURVIVAL MECHANISM IN A POST-TRAUMATIC EVENT WORLD
IMAGINATION AS SURVIVAL MECHANISM IN A POST-TRAUMATIC EVENT WORLD

Summary/Abstract: This paper is intended to dwell on the issue of imagination as a survival mechanism as conceptualised in the novel entitled Falling Man, published by the American novelist Don DeLillo in 2007. The aim is to propose an interpretation of this mechanism starting from a combination between close (but selective) textual analysis and approaches to the issues of trauma, survival, grief, and healing. It is our intention to analyse the author’s representation of his characters’ reactions to (terror-related) trauma and the role of imagination in such contexts. Overall, Falling Man fictionalises subjective experiences of trauma and loss, whilst dissecting the imaginary dimension of the trauma experienced.

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