IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 342: Trauma and Recovery, II: Recovery through Cultural and Narrative Frameworks
Monday 3 July 2023, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Grace Elizabeth O'Duffy, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Adam Kelly, Faculty of English, University of Oxford |
| Paper 342-a | 'Some say that she had killed herself out of unhappiness': Granting Women Recovery in the Old Norse Family Sagas (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities, Women's Studies |
| Paper 342-b | The Wanderer: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Survivor Guilt in Early English Warrior Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities, Military History |
| Paper 342-c | Historical and Generational Trauma in the Matter of Arthur and Native American Resistance Narratives: A Comparative Exploration (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Social History |
| Abstract | Following on from the first panel in this 'Trauma and Recovery' series, this panel addresses how literary narratives can inform readings about 'Recovery' in three senses: cultural, personal, and generational. Looking at the violent trauma undergone by women in the Family Sagas, Grace O'Duffy raises the question of whether or not their recovery is presented as narratively important; Chad White suggests that the idealisation of masculinities is a means of processing psychological trauma in Old English poetry; Wallace Cleavers concludes with a study of healing 'historical unresolved grief' in Native American narratives of resistance to colonisation, putting them into dialogue with the Matter of Britain. This panel aims to inspire discussion about the connective threads of recovery that run through trauma narratives across cultures and languages. |