Trauma and Memory is an inter-disciplinary area of study that has brought various scholars into conversation about the nature and meaning of trauma. The discipline encourages people to think about themes/subjects such as history, literature, memory and how it is linked with trauma and its wider social meaning. In this week’s issue, we recommend four interesting books to discover more about constantly evolving field.
- 4 new riveting texts about Trauma & Memory
- In our Literary Journal, Abigail discusses Maryanne Wolf’s Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
- Shannon kicks off ReadNUS’ October theme of Halloween with her review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown
Trauma & Memory
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Reader, Come Home – How does digital culture affect the way we read?
In this article, Abigail discusses the insights provided by Maryanne Wolf and the pertinent implications of the decline of reading within societies today. In the article she reflects on her inability to concentrate on reading before she picked up this book:
“But why? Why has it been such a struggle to concentrate on something I used to love? Maryanne Wolf’s Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World gave me the answers I sought and more. This book was recommended during my internship programme as a way to understand the impact our digital culture has had on the reading habits of the local readership. But I didn’t expect to come out of it with a steadfast desire to read at least thirty minutes a day.”
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What Makes a Story Scary? – ReadNUS’ Editorial Director, Shannon Ling explores the suspense and horror found in books exemplified in Young Goodman Brown.
Shannon writes:
“With Halloween and the spooky season coming up, Young Goodman Brown (YGB) by Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the first few stories to come to my mind. I remember feeling rather uneasy upon finishing it, pondering over a myriad of unanswered questions. Whether it was the haunting images or the inconclusive ending, something about the story left a strange feeling in me. Hawthorne is a master of drawing up enigmatic images, while leaving them ambiguous enough for the reader to fill in any (narrative) gaps.”
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