The language of wounds and scars in Edwige Danticat's "The Dew Breaker" : a case in trauma symptoms and the recovery process
This article examines the representation of a violent and traumatizing past in Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker (2004), a collection of short stories that depicts the effects of a torturer’s atrocious crimes on the lives of his victims and their descendants. The contribution argues that this work...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de La Rioja
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/jes/article/view/147 |