Ce cours apparaît dans les formations suivantes :
• ESPOL - Programme in European Politics - S2 - 3 ECTS
  ESPOL - Licence 2 de Relations Internationales - S4 - 3 ECTS
  ESPOL - Licence 2 Européenne de Science Politique - S4 - 3 ECTS

Pré requis

No pre-requisite. However, attention should be paid to the fact that some passages analyzed in class are related to - and sometimes represent - traumatic experience.

Objectifs du cours

By the end of the course, the students will be familiar with the historical development of trauma literary theory and be able to use the theoretical lens to read and analyze literary representations of trauma.

Contenu du cours

This course presents how trauma literature can shed light on particular events which are usually thought to participate in the construction of the American identity. First, the theoretical framework of Trauma Studies in general will be examined and discussed, in order to be able to analyze texts within this perspective. Literary accounts of slavery and segregation, war (WW II, Vietnam war, “War on terror”), 9/11 and more personal trauma, will be studied in order to define both the literary characteristics of trauma literature and its political relevance.

A variety of authors will be studied (DuBois, Toni Morrison, Art Spiegelman, Tim O’Brien, Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Joyce Carol Oates…) as well as theoretical texts (Freud, Cathy Caruth, E. Ann Kaplan, Michelle Balaev, …).

Modalités d'enseignement

Organisation du cours

Each week, the students will be asked to read a given paper, a chapter or a particular passage before class. Oral interactions and discussions will be expected.

Méthodes pédagogiques

Évaluation

Contrôle continu : coeff. 100

Bibliographie

• All the documents will be available on iCampus and a reader will be given in class.