声明
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Trauma and Trauma Literature
1．1 A General Definition of Trauma
1．1．1 The Pathology of Trauma
1．1．2 Latency—the Feature of Trauma
1．1．3 The Aftermath of Trauma
1．1．4 The Recovery of Trauma
1．2 The Development of Trauma Theory
1．2．1 Sigmund Freud(1856-1939)
1．2．2 Judith Herman(1942-)
1．2．3 Cathy Caruth(1955-)
1．2．4 The Application of Trauma Theory
1．3 The Connection between Trauma and Literature
1．3．1 What Trauma Theory Brings to Literature
1．3．2 How Trauma Literature Differs from the Other Forms of Literature
1．3．3 What Readers Feel about Trauma Writing
Chapter Two The Isolated and Desperate Traumatized Dwellers in the Midwestern Towns
2．1 The Disconnected People in Winesburg,Ohio
2．1．1 Elizabeth：a Traumatized Wife and Mother
2．1．2 Wash Williams：a Traumatized Husband
2．1．3 The Family Trauma of the Bentley’s
2．2 The Mice-like Modern People in Poor White
2．2．1 Industrialism and Its Aftermath
2．2．2 Winners，Losers and Sufferers of the Time
2．2．3 Degenerate Town and the Soulless Dwellers
2．3 The Broken American Dream in “The Triumph of the Egg”
2．3．1 Dream and the American Dream
2．3．2 The Defeated American Dreamer
2．3．3 The Innocent but Gloomy Boy
2．4 Anderson’s Traumatic Narrative Style
2．4．1 Animalization
2．4．2 Fragmentation
Chapter Three Success or Failure on the Path to Post-Trauma Recovery
3．1 Seeking a Positive Safety Zone
3．1．1 Creating a Secure Zone if There Is None in Reality
3．1．2 Lack of Secure Zone for the Females
3．2 Restoring and Properly Grieving over the Past
3．2．1 The Cure from Admitting and Lamenting over the Unfair Past
3．2．2 The Problem of Rejecting Lamentation
3．3 Rebuilding a Post-Traumatic Life
3．3．1 Active Participation in Post-trauma Life
3．3．2 Withdrawal and Running Away
3．4 Sherwood Anderson’s Confession and Recovery
Conclusion
References
Acknowledgements
