A Study of Trauma Metaphor in Morrison’s Novels

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10.2991/assehr.k.220306.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Trauma metaphor; Psychological trauma; Toni Morrison

Abstract

“Trauma” is one of the important themes in Morrison’s novels. In recent years, many critics has applied the theory of trauma to interpret the work of Morrison, especially to analyze the trauma of black women in her works by combining her identity as a black woman writer with the theory of feminist criticism. This thesis breaks through the limitation of interpreting Morrison’s works from the perspective of feminism and racism, and tries to show the unspeakable traumatic experience of black children in different historical periods with the help of trauma theory and related concepts in psychology and psychoanalysis. At the same time, with the analysis and discussion of Morrison’s narrative techniques of using different narrative perspectives to express the symptoms of black children’s trauma, this thesis reveals the methods of healing explored in her works. Finally, it explains her political consciousness and cultural stand.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liting Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/30
TI  - A Study of Trauma Metaphor in Morrison’s Novels
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 225
EP  - 228
SN  - 2352-5398
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