'It Ain't Easy to Forget' - Trauma and Memory in Shirley Ann Grau's 'Homecoming'

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book 'It Ain't Easy to Forget' - Trauma and Memory in Shirley Ann Grau's 'Homecoming' by Katharina Eder, GRIN Verlag
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Katharina Eder ISBN: 9783640915767
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: May 16, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Katharina Eder
ISBN: 9783640915767
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: May 16, 2011
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: 'Through sheer numbers, women writers have dominated the contemporary literary scene in the South - that is, since World War II' (Bennett 987). Among them is the talented Pulitzer Prize winner Shirley Ann Grau, who sheds a fresh, new light to common southern themes incorporating them into narratives touched not only by her personal perspective, but also the collective southern heritage and consciousness. The subject matter of my paper will be one of Grau's short stories entitled 'Homecoming'. In this short, yet meaningful account of everyday life in the American South during the Vietnam War Grau unearths a string of relations between life and death, the present and the past, remembering and forgetting, pride and honor as well as patriotism and egoism. She focuses mainly on what remains, but never forgets to neglect what has gone. The strongly southern theme of nostalgia for the lost past is questioned in 'Homecoming' as the protagonist struggles to detach herself from the memory of all those who failed to come home. In this paper I would like to primarily focus on the importance of memory as a factor shaping the southern identity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: 'Through sheer numbers, women writers have dominated the contemporary literary scene in the South - that is, since World War II' (Bennett 987). Among them is the talented Pulitzer Prize winner Shirley Ann Grau, who sheds a fresh, new light to common southern themes incorporating them into narratives touched not only by her personal perspective, but also the collective southern heritage and consciousness. The subject matter of my paper will be one of Grau's short stories entitled 'Homecoming'. In this short, yet meaningful account of everyday life in the American South during the Vietnam War Grau unearths a string of relations between life and death, the present and the past, remembering and forgetting, pride and honor as well as patriotism and egoism. She focuses mainly on what remains, but never forgets to neglect what has gone. The strongly southern theme of nostalgia for the lost past is questioned in 'Homecoming' as the protagonist struggles to detach herself from the memory of all those who failed to come home. In this paper I would like to primarily focus on the importance of memory as a factor shaping the southern identity.

More books from GRIN Verlag

Cover of the book Traditionelle Formen des Mezzanine Kapital als flexible Finanzierungsform für KMU by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Die Dritte Catilinarische Rede und Ciceros Selbstdarstellung by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Einblicke in den Bergbau und die Moschusochsen-Haltung der Provinz Quebec von 1876-1976 by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Räumliche Erfahrungen in der virtuellen Welt by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Authentizität im dokumentarischen Film und Fernsehen by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Der Buddhismus by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Identification and discussion of the effect of emerging issues on the hospitality industry following the EU Referendum result in June 2016 by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Internetbasiertes Immobilienmarketing by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Zwangsstörungen. Diagnostik und Intervention by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book KommAustria Reloaded by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Genese und Grundpfeiler der Reformpädagogik im Kontext der gesellschaftspolitischen und ökonomischen Verhältnisse um die Jahrhundertwende by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Korrespondenzanalyse by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Der Herero- und Namaaufstand unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Völkermordthese by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book A Discussion of Leo Bersani's 'Intimacies' and his Views on Queer Intellectuals by Katharina Eder
Cover of the book Options- und Vorkaufsrechtsgestaltung - Zustimmungsrechte und -pflichten by Katharina Eder
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy