ABSTRACT

Literary trauma studies is a rapidly developing field which examines how literature deals with the personal and cultural aspects of trauma and engages with such historical and current phenomena as the Holocaust and other genocides, 9/11, climate catastrophe or the still unsettled legacy of colonialism.

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma is a comprehensive guide to the history and theory of trauma studies, including key concepts, consideration of critical perspectives and discussion of future developments. It also explores different genres and media, such as poetry, life-writing, graphic narratives, photography and post-apocalyptic fiction, and analyses how literature engages with particular traumatic situations and events, such as the Holocaust, the Occupation of France, the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Katrina and transgenerational nuclear trauma.

Forty essays from top thinkers in the field demonstrate the range and vitality of trauma studies as it has been used to further the understanding of literature and other cultural forms across the world.

Introduction to Literary Trauma Studies

Colin Davis and Hanna Meretoja

Part 1: Sources and Inspirations

    1. History of Trauma Theory

      2. Nicole Sütterlin

    2. Philosophies of Trauma

      3. Hanna Meretoja

    3. Trauma, Poststructuralism and Ethics

      4. Colin Davis

    4. Theories of Cultural Trauma

      5. Todd Madigan

    5. Trauma and Cultural Memory Studies

      6. Rosanne Kennedy

    6. Testimony

      7. Meg Jensen

    7. Trauma, Time and Address

      8. Cathy Caruth

      Part 2: Key Concepts

    8. Victimhood

      9. Susana Onega

    9. Perpetrator Trauma

      10. Erin McGlothlin

    10. Witnessing

      11. Carolyn Dean

    11. Screen Memory

      12. Max Silverman

    12. Working-Through

      13. Jean-Michel Ganteau

    13. Affect

      14. Andreea Ritivoi

    14. Narrative

      15. Jakob Lothe

    15. Gender

      16. Sharon Marquart

    16. Intersectionality

Kaisa Ilmonen

Part 3: Critical Perspectives and Future Directions

17. Cosmological Trauma and Postcolonial Modernity

Sam Durrant and Ryan Topper

18. Trauma and the Implicated Subject

Michael Rothberg

19. Transcultural Empathy

Katja Garloff

20. Cognitive Approaches to Trauma and Literature

Joshua Pederson

21. Trauma, Critical Posthumanism and New Materialism

Deniz Gundogan Ibrisim

22. Trauma Studies in the Digital Age

Anna Menyhért

23. Reading Literatures of Trauma in the Age of Globalization

Kaisa Kaakinen

24. Trauma, Illness and Narrative in the Medical Humanities

Jo Winning

25. Climate Trauma

Stef Craps

Part 4: Genres and Media

26. Trauma and Fiction

Robert Eaglestone

27. Trauma and Poetry

Charles Armstrong

28. Trauma and Life Writing

Leena Kurvet-Käosaar

29. Graphic Narratives as Trauma Fiction

Katalin Orban

30. Trauma and Drama/Theatre/Performance

Patrick Duggan

31. Trauma and Photography

Cécile Bishop

32. Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and the Future Anterior

Jouni Teittinen

Part 5: Places and Events

33. Trauma in Holocaust Literature

Sue Vice

34. The German Occupation of France, 1940-44

Avril Tynan

35. The Vietnam War

Mark Heberle

36. The Rwandan Genocide

Josias Semujanga

37. 9/11

Lucy Bond

38. The Iraq War

Patrick Deer

39. Katrina

Eric Doise

40. Transgenerational Nuclear Trauma

Gabrielle Schwab

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