ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -At the core of Ulman and Brothers’ (1988) theory of trauma is the view that the traumatic experience shatters the individual’s sense of self in ways that are intolerable. The self is viewed as the centre of mental activity and plays a vital role in organising the meaning of experience.

Detailed explanation-2: -Literary trauma theory seeks to identify “trauma texts, ” that is, texts that employ intertextuality, repetition, fragmentation, and language manipulation to create meaning due to extreme traumatic stress. In the twentieth century, the works of William H. Gass appear to be prime examples of postmodern trauma texts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “trauma novel” refers to a work of fiction that represents an emotional and/or cognitive response to profound loss, disaster, disruption, or devastations on the individual or collective level.