“To give form to what cannot be comprehended”: Trauma in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Martin Amis’s Time’s Arrow

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 in...

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Published in:Crossroads (Białystok, Poland) Poland), 2021 (3 (34)), p.59-72
Main Author: Czajkowska, Aleksandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Literature
British Literature
Comparative Study of Literature
Neuropsychology
Psychology of Self
Studies in violence and power
Theory of Literature
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2300-6250
2300-6250
DOI:10.15290/CR.2021.34.3.05