Narrating Trauma, a Redemption of Mind

Unfolding the impact of traumatic events on the mind of the survived individuals is the subject of manycontemporary novels. However, the role of memory as a dynamic element is a pivotal one, in fabrication of post-traumanarratives that display the dire act of remembering or forgetting. Memory is a discursive discipline and it might betransformed in many various contexts. In contemporary era, recalling memory is usually considered a therapy to healthe recalling agents. Production of the sporadic pieces of memory, as a narrative, may act as a healing remedy forsurvivors and re-establishes the lost order of the life for them, a highly subjective technique that depends on thesocio/cultural paradigms of the narrators and the present context of their lives. This paper attempts to scrutinize theredemptive power of narrating memory of traumatic events, in Atonement by Ian Mc Ewan.

Keywords:

Memory Narratives , Trauma , Healing Power