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SPITEFUL HOUSES, SWEET HOMES: ANALYZING DENVER'S TRAUMATIC SPACE IN BELOVED

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Date Issued:
2019
Abstract/Description:
This thesis aims to explore and evaluate the traumatic space of Denver in Toni Morrison's Beloved. Currently, a lack of critical discourse exists to link together Denver, trauma, and theories of spatiality. This thesis evaluates three types of trauma that inform and develop Denver's traumatic space: direct, indirect, and insidious trauma. Paired with spatial theories, the origins of Denver's trauma are mapped throughout the various places of the novel. The result of this analysis reveals a complex and layered traumatic space, with lasting ramifications on Denver's sense of safety, identity, and stability in a post-slavery United States.
Title: SPITEFUL HOUSES, SWEET HOMES: ANALYZING DENVER'S TRAUMATIC SPACE IN BELOVED.
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Name(s): Dick, Tyler, Author
Angley, Patricia, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2019
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: This thesis aims to explore and evaluate the traumatic space of Denver in Toni Morrison's Beloved. Currently, a lack of critical discourse exists to link together Denver, trauma, and theories of spatiality. This thesis evaluates three types of trauma that inform and develop Denver's traumatic space: direct, indirect, and insidious trauma. Paired with spatial theories, the origins of Denver's trauma are mapped throughout the various places of the novel. The result of this analysis reveals a complex and layered traumatic space, with lasting ramifications on Denver's sense of safety, identity, and stability in a post-slavery United States.
Identifier: CFH2000484 (IID), ucf:45797 (fedora)
Note(s): 2019-05-01
B.A.
College of Arts and Humanities, English
Bachelors
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Subject(s): Beloved
Denver
Space
Place
Trauma
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000484
Restrictions on Access: campus 2022-05-01
Host Institution: UCF

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