The nature of trauma in American novels /
Balaev, Michelle.
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-138) and index.
Trauma theory and its discontents: the potentials of pluralism -- The role of place in remembering: Lan Cao's Monkey bridge -- The traumatized protagonist and mythic landscapes: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Wilderness, loss, and cultural contexts in Edward Abbey's Black sun -- Neocolonialism and polluted places in Robert Barclay's Melal.
American fiction
Psychic trauma in literature.
Memory in literature.
Landscapes in literature.