Challenging Darl Bundren’s insanity: A study on trauma
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Challenging Darl Bundren’s insanity: A study on traumaAuthor (s)
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2018Publisher
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DOBRE, Elena Miriam (2018). Challenging Darl Bundren’s insanity: A study on trauma. Fòrum de recerca, n. 23, p. 195-208Type
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Abstract
William Faulkner’s fifth novel, As I Lay Dying (1930) (henceforth
AILD) is the author’s tour the force as he delves into the depths of
the family sphere and skilfully portrays the complex, almost
pa ... [+]
William Faulkner’s fifth novel, As I Lay Dying (1930) (henceforth
AILD) is the author’s tour the force as he delves into the depths of
the family sphere and skilfully portrays the complex, almost
pathological universe of several individuals. Narrating the vicissitudes
which the Bundrens face on their journey to the city of Jefferson,
where they are to take the matriarch Addie Bundren’s dead body,
the family’s nine-day trip concludes with a ruinous end for almost all
of its members. For Darl Bundren, this price is the confinement in an
insane asylum. As a consequence, literary criticism has frequently
read Darl Bundren as a mentally deranged individual. The aim of this
paper is to challenge the label of insane attached to Darl,
interpreting him as a traumatized subject instead. Using
Contemporary trauma theory as a critical tool, we will bring forward
those symptoms which account for Darl suffering from PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a state triggered by his
participation in WWI. Moreover, we will examine those aspects
accounting for the complexity of his trauma, as the maternal
abandonment he has been exposed to. Finally, our argumentation
will allow us to dismiss the assumption that Darl is a schizophrenic.
We will conclude by emphasizing the relevance trauma theory has in
Darl’s characterization and suggesting further research contributing
to unveiling the construal of the character’s insanity. [-]
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XXIII Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2018)
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