Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative
How can we deal with trauma in a posthuman world? The 9th of September 2001 will be remembered as the day the world changed. The turn of the century in the Western world was signaled by this national trauma, but also by a change in the humanist paradigm that very much conditioned the way in which s...
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How can we deal with trauma in a posthuman world? The 9th of September 2001 will be remembered as the day the world changed. The turn of the century in the Western world was signaled by this national trauma, but also by a change in the humanist paradigm that very much conditioned the way in which such trauma was experienced and represented. This article explores this intrasection in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Art Spiegelman as they struggle to account for 9/11 through two trauma narratives that signal a matching change in aesthetic approach. Its methodological innovation lies in the application of Karen Barad’s concept of “intra-action” to the humanities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc98d707a5064b22b5e4c068ed9893b92023-11-13T10:59:11ZengUniversidad de La RiojaJournal of English Studies1576-63571695-43002021-12-011910.18172/jes.4370Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American NarrativeMiriam Fernández-Santiago0University of Granada How can we deal with trauma in a posthuman world? The 9th of September 2001 will be remembered as the day the world changed. The turn of the century in the Western world was signaled by this national trauma, but also by a change in the humanist paradigm that very much conditioned the way in which such trauma was experienced and represented. This article explores this intrasection in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Art Spiegelman as they struggle to account for 9/11 through two trauma narratives that signal a matching change in aesthetic approach. Its methodological innovation lies in the application of Karen Barad’s concept of “intra-action” to the humanities. https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/jes/article/view/4370Intra-actioncritical posthumanismtrauma studies9/11accountabilityNorth American narrative |
| spellingShingle | Miriam Fernández-Santiago Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative Journal of English Studies Intra-action critical posthumanism trauma studies 9/11 accountability North American narrative |
| title | Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative |
| title_full | Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative |
| title_fullStr | Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative |
| title_short | Posthumanist Trauma: An Intrasectional Approach to Accountable Determinacy in Current North American Narrative |
| title_sort | posthumanist trauma an intrasectional approach to accountable determinacy in current north american narrative |
| topic | Intra-action critical posthumanism trauma studies 9/11 accountability North American narrative |
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