ENGH 421 Lecture 6: 09/20 Notes

• School: George Mason University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGH 421
• Professor: Burek

Document Summary

Class notes 09/20: trauma: response to a disruptive event, trauma theory. The a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis of so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d/the su(cid:271) (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious: trauma in literature. Literature helps process trauma, work through something emotionally. Applying trauma to cultural memory and collective memory: va(cid:374)der kolk a(cid:374)d va(cid:374)der hart"s poi(cid:374)ts a(cid:271)out trau(cid:373)a me(cid:373)or(cid:455, fixed. Automatic integration of new information without much conscious attention to what is happening: solitary. Narrating in the way their own solitary self will understand: provoked under particular conditions. Occurs automatically in situations which are reminiscent of the original traumatic situation: dilates/stretches time. William of malmesbury stretches out his text with a lot of digressions/extra stories: disassociation, under-memory and over-memory. Willia(cid:373) of mal(cid:373)es(cid:271)ur(cid:455)"s use of e(cid:454)te(cid:374)sive details a(cid:374)d additives to his stories is a(cid:374) e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple of (cid:862)over-(cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455)(cid:863: elisabeth van houts: the trauma of 1066, first generation of writing, second generation of writing. Continentals (from the continent of europe, minus normandy): surprised. English: religious justifications, glorify deeds of ancestors: third generation of writing.