Trauma in Golding's Lord of Flies from Lacanian psychoanalysis Lens

Authors

  • Dr. Mehdi Abbass Mohsin واسط\ كلية الامام الكاظم ع\ قسم اللغة النكليزية

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31185/lark.Vol2.Iss50.3107

Keywords:

Trauma, Symbolic Order, Imaginary Order, Real, Lord of Flies

Abstract

Trauma is a very popular term in modernist literature. The term is used along with psycho-analytical perspective. It means that a person is exposed to a psychological harm due to emotional reaction to a terrible situation. The present paper endeavors to give an insight about character’s trauma in the aftermath of  a Great World War II and how they react towards the world around them. Also, it clarifies how great war create a painful effect on the characters’ psyche. The current research is an attempt to scrutinize the concept of trauma in Golding’s Lord of Flies. The paper consists of three sections. The first is an introduction about the novella elaborating its main idea. The second section discusses the concept of trauma from non-traditional psychological perspective and its impact on man’s behavior. The third section is an analysis about various events and characters from psycho-analytical dimensions. Finally, the fourth section encapsulates the main points of the paper and recommendations of the further studies.

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Published

2023-06-30

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west languages

How to Cite

Mehdi Abbass Mohsin, D. (2023). Trauma in Golding’s Lord of Flies from Lacanian psychoanalysis Lens. Lark, 15(3 /Pt1), 694-682. https://doi.org/10.31185/lark.Vol2.Iss50.3107