The “Unclaimed Experience”: Trauma and Crime Fiction

This paper examines the intersections between trauma and literature crime fiction, more specifically. By looking at representations of in it is argued here that novels involves a multilayered complex discourse generates its own narrative, one relies on techniques like fragmentation, repetition, puzzle-solving, deliberate vagueness, obscurity. It also proposed use as lens to examine narratives both valuable problematic, brings forth conflict tension regarding words wounds; expression silence; representation unspeakability. will highlight exploring meeting points can function point departure from conventional readings fiction contemplates reading novel fiction. so doing, this stresses configurations beyond medical framework addresses aspects which centrally positioned narratives.