“To give form to what cannot be comprehended”: Trauma in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow
“To give form to what cannot be comprehended”: Trauma in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow
Author(s): Aleksandra CzajkowskaSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Neuropsychology, Psychology of Self, Studies in violence and power, Theory of Literature, British Literature, American Literature
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Kurt Vonnegut; Slaughterhouse-Five; Martin Amis; Time’s Arrow; trauma; PTSD; war; 20th century;
Summary/Abstract: The primary objective of this article is the analysis of trauma in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow. It is argued that through the deployment of experimental literary techniques (particularly destabilized and non-linear narratives) these two novels offer valuable insights into the mechanisms of a traumatized mind and help to understand the uncertain sense of the self experienced by those who suffer from traumatic memories.
Journal: Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 03 (34)
- Page Range: 59-72
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English