Trauma Studies * What is Trauma Studies * Why Trauma Studies * Uses in the HS Classroom Cole Gelrod * What is Trauma Studies * Why Trauma Studies * Uses in the HS Classroom Cole Gelrod What is Trauma Studies? Interdisciplinary investigation of the effects of physical and emotional trauma to both groups and individuals. In literature: Study of linguistic representations of violence, pain, and trauma. Interdisciplinary investigation of the effects of physical and emotional trauma to both groups and individuals. In literature: Study of linguistic representations of violence, pain, and trauma. Major Theoretical Works / Developments Berserk- Old Norse warriors who were frenzied/insane during battle. Shell Shocked soldiers in WWI & WWII. PTSD Female Hysteria, Feminism, & Gender Studies Berserk- Old Norse warriors who were frenzied/insane during battle. Shell Shocked soldiers in WWI & WWII. PTSD Female Hysteria, Feminism, & Gender Studies Major Theoretical Works / Developments Sigmund Freud: Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Moses and Monotheism, On the Physical Mechanisms of Hysterical Phenomena. (30s-40s) Major Theoretical Works / Developments Elaine Scarry: The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (1987) Cathy Caruth: Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History Why Trauma Studies? Encourages Interdisciplinary Study of Literature: History, Psychology, Sociology, Current Events, Science, etc. Point of Interest / Relevance: Pain is a Universal Condition, Societal Issues in the Classroom Encourages Interdisciplinary Study of Literature: History, Psychology, Sociology, Current Events, Science, etc. Point of Interest / Relevance: Pain is a Universal Condition, Societal Issues in the Classroom Implications for HS Many books already being taught are part of the Trauma Studies canon: The Red Badge of Courage, War and Peace, A Farewell to Arms, All Quiet on the Western Front, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Things They Carried, Speak, The Kite Runner, etc. Implications for HS Science Fiction & Structure as a representation of Psychological Trauma Implications for HS Study of PTSD and its Symptoms alongside Literary Representations of the Condition Implications for HS Gender Identity & Construction through Violence & Pain