This course explores the intricate relationship between trauma and literature, examining how storytelling provides a unique space where trauma - both personal and collective - can be preserved, processed, and/or transformed. Through close readings of texts we will investigate how authors confront the challenge of articulating the unspeakable, navigating the tension between silence and expression.
3-4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This course explores the intricate relationship between trauma and literature, examining how storytelling provides a unique space where trauma - both personal and collective - can be preserved, processed, and/or transformed. Through close readings of texts we will investigate how authors confront the challenge of articulating the unspeakable, navigating the tension between silence and expression.
Offered in Winter 2027 at Stanford University.