The ethics of silence : reading the lover's discourse in contemporary trauma narratives

In Testimony, Felman and Laub contend that a historical and collective trauma like the Holocaust cannot be represented, and cannot be understood, because it lacks a frame of reference. Indeed, a frame of reference for such a traumatic experience does not, and cannot, exist in the first place. Simila...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goh, Pei Hua
Other Authors: Yong Wern Mei
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70269