Aleph
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 25-44
2022-04-08
Lost Between Uncanniness And Trauma: The Psychological Journey Of Afghan Children Into The Unknown In Deborah Ellis’ The Breadwinner
Authors : Ezzine Chahinez .
Abstract
Keeping in mind the inextricable intersection between uncanny and trauma, the present paper endeavours to explore how the activist writer Deborah Ellis provides an evocative image of psychic damage that is experienced by children in conflict zones through her novel The Breadwinner (2000). The latter stresses the twofold turmoil of uncanniness and trauma as a disturbing impediment in front of those children throughout the development of their lives. It further examines the extent to which drawing bound with ancestors help repairing the broken psyche from traumatic memories by revealing entombed history as well as releasing uncanny feelings. Based on psychoanalyst approach, the study leans on prominent theorists and critics such as Sigmund Freud, Michael O’Loughlin and Marlyn Charles, to name but a few. The paper concludes that Afghan children’s journey into the unknown leads to the construction of resilience from within psychic anarchy.
Keywords
Children, Conflict zones, Feelings, Uncanny, Unknown, Resilience, Trauma
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