As the first Afghan novel written in English by Afghan American writer Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner provides reader a window into Afghan history and culture as well as the impact of trauma on individuals Through i...As the first Afghan novel written in English by Afghan American writer Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner provides reader a window into Afghan history and culture as well as the impact of trauma on individuals Through interweaving progagonist Amir＇s personal trauma from sin to self-salvation with the racial and national conflicts as the collective trauma of the Afghan, Khaled Hosseinni not only foregrounds the coming-of-age theme of sin, guilt, and redemption but also successfully presents the racial conflicts and national pain in Afghanstain. Under the framework of trauma theory and through close reading of the novel, the aim of the present paper is to analyze how trauma is narrated in the novel and thus help readers to have a better understanding about the Afghan history and life展开更多
Jewish American writer Jonathan Safran Foer's masterpiece Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells a moving story of Oscar,a nine-year-old boy.After losing his father in 9/11,he is looking for every person in New...Jewish American writer Jonathan Safran Foer's masterpiece Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells a moving story of Oscar,a nine-year-old boy.After losing his father in 9/11,he is looking for every person in New York with the last name Black,hoping to find the lock for the key his father left.In the novel,Foer's trauma narrative strategy shows compulsive repetition.Through the repetition of words,pictures and actions,Foer powerfully conveys his understanding of helplessness and trauma,thus arousing the sympathy of readers.展开更多
文摘As the first Afghan novel written in English by Afghan American writer Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner provides reader a window into Afghan history and culture as well as the impact of trauma on individuals Through interweaving progagonist Amir＇s personal trauma from sin to self-salvation with the racial and national conflicts as the collective trauma of the Afghan, Khaled Hosseinni not only foregrounds the coming-of-age theme of sin, guilt, and redemption but also successfully presents the racial conflicts and national pain in Afghanstain. Under the framework of trauma theory and through close reading of the novel, the aim of the present paper is to analyze how trauma is narrated in the novel and thus help readers to have a better understanding about the Afghan history and life
文摘Jewish American writer Jonathan Safran Foer's masterpiece Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells a moving story of Oscar,a nine-year-old boy.After losing his father in 9/11,he is looking for every person in New York with the last name Black,hoping to find the lock for the key his father left.In the novel,Foer's trauma narrative strategy shows compulsive repetition.Through the repetition of words,pictures and actions,Foer powerfully conveys his understanding of helplessness and trauma,thus arousing the sympathy of readers.
