A study into the narrative techniques used to convey non-physical childhood sexual abuse and trauma in contemporary Western fiction

对当代西方小说中用于传达非身体童年性虐待和创伤的叙事技巧的研究

• 批准号: 2592329
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Brunel University London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2592329
• 关键词: study; into; narrative; techniques; used

By exploring the techniques used by authors of fiction to convey and represent the variant forms of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), my research aims to provide fresh literary and feminist insight into experiences that are not commonly represented in Western literature and understanding: abuse that does not include or involve unwanted touching, but which instead consists of exposure and harassment. In exploring these forms of CSA, I will advance current discussions within the trauma canon of feminist theory, and further develop trauma language frameworks pioneered by theorists such as Cathy Caruth.To achieve this aim, I will conduct a comparative analysis between texts that explore childhood or adolescent sexual violence - such as those by Sapphire, Roxane Gay, Emma Glass, Rebecca Watson and Edward St Aubyn - and feminist discourse and psychoanalysis, to seek out methods for use in my own writing, with a particular focus on the role of memory in realising trauma. My project will focus on these strands: a) memory creating trauma; b) mirroring trauma; and c) the language of trauma.

通过探索小说作者用来传达和表现不同形式的儿童性虐待（CSA）的技巧，我的研究旨在为西方文学和理解中不常见的经历提供新鲜的文学和女权主义见解：不包括或涉及不必要的触摸，而是包括暴露和骚扰。在探索 CSA 的这些形式时，我将推进当前女权主义理论创伤经典中的讨论，并进一步发展由凯茜·卡鲁斯 (Cathy Caruth) 等理论家开创的创伤语言框架。为了实现这一目标，我将对探索童年的文本进行比较分析或青少年性暴力——例如萨菲尔、罗克珊·盖伊、艾玛·格拉斯、丽贝卡·沃森和爱德华·圣奥宾的暴力——以及女权主义话语和精神分析，以寻找在我自己的写作中使用的方法，特别关注记忆在认识创伤中的作用。我的项目将重点关注以下几方面：a）记忆造成创伤； b) 镜像创伤； c) 创伤的语言。