Abstract

RABATE, Jean-Michel. A history of trauma.Translated byAna Maria Rudge. Trivium [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.1, pp.07-15. ISSN 2176-4891.  https://doi.org/10.18379/2176-4891.2016v1p.7.

The author surveys the field of trauma studies, a field that, he argues, was launched by Cathy Caruth. He identifies crucial differences among the main authors who have discussed the issue after Caruth, like Ruth Leys, Giorgio Agamben, Bessel van der Kolk, Primo Levi and Robert Antelme. Outlining his own position that insists on a general wish to testify, the author takes as examples texts by Marguerite Duras, "The Ravishing of Lol Stein", and by Robert Antelme, "The Human Species", to conclude that Duras and Antelme confirm the primacy of an ethical decision to testify either via fiction or via documentary.

Keywords : TRAUMA; TESTIMONY; NARRATIVE; LITERATURE.

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