Essays about: "Survivance"

Found 1 essay containing the word Survivance.

  1. 1. There is no there there anymore : The representation of collective and cultural trauma in Tommy Orange's There There

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Melinda Gustavson; [2021]
    Keywords : Collective trauma; Cultural trauma; Colonial trauma; Transgenerational trauma; Survivance; There there; Healing;

    Abstract : In this essay, the aim is to analyse the representation of collective and cultural trauma within the narrative of Tommy Orange's novel There There, as well as how the novel is redressing the experience of traumatisation, leading a way towards healing. To do this, the essay will focus on six of the novel's characters as well as the title, prologue and interlude. READ MORE