Analyzing the Network of Traumas in Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin

“Since classic Caruthian trauma theory cannot account for novels juxtaposing several historical traumas, this paper explores network theory as a new analytical approach to trauma narratives. A reading of Colum McCann’s novel Let the Great World Spin“ demonstrates how traumas become linked in a netwo...

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Main Author: Maartje Koschorreck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2016-05-01
Series:Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
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Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/253