Literary and Analytic Transformations of Trauma: Repetition, Revision and Rebirth in Two Stories of Raymond Carver

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dc.contributor.authorHalfon, Sibel
dc.contributor.authorWeinstein, Lissa
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:56:57Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:56:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractA linguistic analysis of two related short stories written by Raymond Carver, The Bath (1981) and A Small, Good Thing (1983), highlights the differences in their narration of the same traumatic event-the sudden death of a child. In The Bath, the monotony and repetition of the linguistic structures and the lack of descriptive nouns preserve the depicted trauma in its original raw form. In contrast, in A Small, Good Thing the emphasis on detailed descriptions, and the varied use of language transforms the brutally realistic trauma into a deeply moving and affectively rich experience. A parallel can be drawn to the psychoanalytic process, which aims to move the patient from fixed traumatic repetitions toward sublimated forms of representation within the transference. Adele Tutter (2009, 2011) has examined different versions of Carver's stories in relation to Carver's autobiography and discussed how he projected himself in the narrative. Building on Tutter's work, this article will attempt a systematic comparison of the language of these 2 stories, discussing the trajectory from traumatic repetitions to symbolization in psychoanalytic theory.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/pap0000062
dc.identifier.endpageS136en_US
dc.identifier.issn0736-9735
dc.identifier.issn1939-1331
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85046640684en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpageS120en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1037/pap0000062
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8917
dc.identifier.volume33en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000394508500009en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assocen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPsychoanalytic Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectRaymond Carveren_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectRepetitionen_US
dc.subjectRepresentationen_US
dc.subjectTransferenceen_US
dc.titleLiterary and Analytic Transformations of Trauma: Repetition, Revision and Rebirth in Two Stories of Raymond Carver
dc.typeArticle

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