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000162559 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4402-0815$$aFerrández San Miguel, María$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000162559 245__ $$aBranded in his mind: Trauma, violence and memory in E. L. Doctorow's the Book of Daniel
000162559 260__ $$c2015
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000162559 5203_ $$aE. L. Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel (1971) is unequivocally what has been termed a
“trauma novel.” This paper examines the protagonist’s traumatic condition, concentrating
on its causes and on the determining circumstances that contribute to aggravating it. The
analysis of Daniel’s narrative reveals that he suffers from many of the symptoms
associated to PTSD and anhedonia, a psychological condition which frequently co-occurs
with PTSD as a consequence of infantile psychic trauma. The paper, then, explores the
relationship between the protagonist’s traumatic condition and his violent and oppressive
treatment of the three main female characters of the novel. Finally, this paper
concentrates on the status of Daniel’s memories of his traumatic past. As a conclusion, it
is contended that the novel’s concern with trauma and memory points to the author’s
preoccupation with remembrance, which he seems to consider the best and only tool to
build a better world. Doctorow seeks to highlight the importance of listening to the
fragmented voices of those who suffer the effects of trauma in order to develop new
social and political perspectives that will guarantee a better future
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000162559 593__ $$aLiterature and Literary Theory$$c2015$$dQ1
000162559 593__ $$aLanguage and Linguistics$$c2015$$dQ2
000162559 593__ $$aLinguistics and Language$$c2015$$dQ2
000162559 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000162559 7102_ $$13004$$2345$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.$$cÁrea Filología Inglesa
000162559 773__ $$g13, 4 (2015), 1-19$$tNJES : Nordic journal of English studies$$x1502-7694
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