‘The Invisible Blood Pours Forth’ : Trauma in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin and Maria Padian’s Wrecked
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Strømsvaag, E. (2021) ‘The Invisible Blood Pours Forth’ : Trauma in Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin and Maria Padian’s Wrecked (Master´s thesis). University of Agder, KristiansandAbstract
This thesis investigates Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin (2000) and Maria Padian’s Wrecked (2016), and examine how the characters are affected by sexual trauma and rape culture. The novels depict a society that creates an environment for female trauma victims which causes them more pain and suffering. This thesis analyzes the books through a lens of trauma theory. The use of different narrations and narrators in the two novels provide new perspectives and understanding of trauma and how it can affect the people around the initial trauma victim. This thesis will examine how the selected novels are used to explore the connection between memory and trauma.
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Master´s thesis in English (EN501)