A Comparative Study of Trauma in Topdog/Underdog and Between Riverside and Crazy

摘要：

　　Topdog/Underdog and Between Riverside and Crazy are Pulitzer winning plays in 2002 and 2015 respectively.With distinctive writing and language styles,the two play writers have skilfully completed the traumatic narration about the larger issues of race,economics,and masculinity of African Americans in modern urban society.Taking trauma theory as rationale,the paper compares traumas in the two plays from three aspects: traumatic memory,post traumatic survival and salvation.In a so-called post racial era,the comparative study of the two plays triggers our thinking on the individual and social responsibility for their salvation from traumas.

关键词： Topdog/Underdog Between Riverside and Crazy trauma salvation

作者: Yue Benjie

作者单位: Foreign Language Department of Jilin Agricultural University,Changchun,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2016东北亚语言学文学和教学国际论坛(2016NALLTS)

会议地点: 宁夏银川

会议语种:英文

页码: 108-113

在线出版日期: 2016-08-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）