Abstract : Trauma, as defined by Sigmund Freud, is “a wound inflicted not upon the body but upon the mind", and this trauma is healed only when ‘one has truly in his/her corner’. Trauma may get caused by various unpleasant experiences like war, sexual abuse, domestic hardships, child abuse, etc. Since the relationship between literature and society is axiomatic, overtly or covertly, literary artists have not failed to incorporate this ‘ trauma psyche' with their emotional ‘comfort zone' in their respective output. The current research paper intends to analyze the representation and ramification experienced by Afro- American community in the wake of colour fixation as is the case with the novels like Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston, Invisible Man (1952) by Ralph Ellison and ‘ The Bluest Eye ‘ (1970) by Toni Morrison. It also throws a flood of light on healing strategies employed by the characters to retrieve their normal self may it be through protest, rebellion, sharing with their ‘ emotional zone’, expressions, etc. and then to rise like a Phoenix.
Keywords : Wound, ramifications, comfort zone, normal self
Cite : Raut, P. S. (2023). Trauma Creates Change One Doesn’t Choose: A Study with Reference to Tumultuous Experiences Reflected in Select Afro- American Fictions (1st ed., pp. 156-162). Noble Science Press. https://doi.org/10.52458/9789388996587.2023.eb.ch31
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Ostendorf, Berndt: Black Literature in White America. The Harvestor Press, Sussex,1982 available on goodreads.com
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Lerner, Gerda : Black Women in White America, Vintage, 1972.available on goodreads.com
Ridding, J. Sanders: American Writers: III, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961-72.available on goodreads.com
