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South Dakota State University
Within and Without: Psychoanalysis, Trauma Theory, and the Healing Narrative
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>In this collection, I explore the process of writing to heal from trauma. In exploring the rhetorical landscape of trauma writing, I offer a new framework for understanding how those who experience a traumatic event may use the process of writing creatively to engage in a process of healing. I argue that through the creation of art, individuals may take ownership of their experiences and memories, thus exerting the agency over the experience that was lost as the result of trauma. I also demonstrate and reflect upon my own journey in creating the healing narrative as a process of healing from trauma.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - Open Access
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Oorlog, Carrie Crisman
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Christine Stewart
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Rights
dc:rights- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1111
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-2110