Trauma and recovery : a psychoanalytic study of Gharbi Mustafa's when mountains weep
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Source
Journal of University of Human Development
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2022), pp.28-36, 9 p.
Publisher
University of Human Development
Publication Date
2022-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
This study investigates traumatic experiences of the main character in Gharbi M.
Mustafa’s novel When Mountains Weep, based on Judith Herman’s conceptualization of trauma in her book Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror.
Being on the road, Kurds are either internally displaced, migrating, or oppressed and assimilated politically.
The prevention of language, confiscation of land, forced assimilation, and constant armed conflicts have made Kurds develop a traumatic cognitive and emotional response to the meaning of life, anguish, integration, and survival.
Therefore, the paper studies the traumatic consequences on the main characters’ psyches, in particular Hamko, based on three symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder which are hyperarousal, intrusion, and constriction.
Threatened by tumultuous circumstances and trapped on mountain peaks, the paper argues that generations of Kurds have lost sense of childhood and innocence growing up either as refugees or living in their own landlocked mountains.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Araz Ahmad. 2022. Trauma and recovery : a psychoanalytic study of Gharbi Mustafa's when mountains weep. Journal of University of Human Development،Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.28-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1519558
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Araz Ahmad. Trauma and recovery : a psychoanalytic study of Gharbi Mustafa's when mountains weep. Journal of University of Human Development Vol. 8, no. 2 (Jun. 2022), pp.28-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1519558
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Araz Ahmad. Trauma and recovery : a psychoanalytic study of Gharbi Mustafa's when mountains weep. Journal of University of Human Development. 2022. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.28-36.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1519558
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1519558