A REPRESENTAÇÃO DO TRAUMA EM “O TIO NOVELO EM CONNECTICUT” DE J. D. SALINGER

Abstract

Trauma is a usual element in J. D. Salinger’s works and can be specially observed by a meticulous literary analysis. In this sense, considering that the narrative has the potential to promote certain representations, it is aimed in this research to investigate how the referred phenomenon is portrayed in the protagonist of the short story “Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut” (2020). Since this is an interdisciplinary theme, it was necessary to establish a dialogue with other human knowledge areas to define some of the main characteristics both in the narrative and in the character’s emotional and behavioral manifestations. In order to that, this study contemplates in greater proportions the considerations of Laurie Vickroy (2015) about trauma in this literary genre and Bessel Van der Kolk (2007) concerns on the potential indications of this psychological disturb. Therefore, it was possible to notice not only the presence of elements that denoted the protagonist’s traumatic state but also the way Salinger operated his writing, unconsciously or not, to consolidate this interpretation.