“One nightmare replaces another”Trauma and mourning in the age of terror through paul auster’s travels in the scriptorium and man in the dark.

  1. Laura Rodríguez Arnaiz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

ISSN: 1133-309X,  2253-8410

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 27

Páginas: 165-186

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.12795/REN.2023.I27.2 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

Resumen

Los ataques terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001 ocasionaron una espiral de miedo e ira en la sociedad americana que tuvo como respuesta alguna de las medidas legislativas más controvertidas de su historia. El sentimiento de invencibilidad que había dominado el imaginario americano se evaporó ante el caos y el miedo de aquel día que posteriormente dieron forma a textos escritos por algunos de los escritores norteamericanos de mayor renombre. Entre ellos, Paul Auster con sus novelas sobre el 11-S, Travels in the Scriptorium (2007) y Man in the Dark (2008) que intentan responder a la inconmensurabilidad del 11-S a través de la angustia producida por el trauma físico y psicológico de dos ancianos encerrados en una habitación, donde la ficción se postula como la única salida a su confinamiento y donde la memoria individual e histórica se entrelazan con la crítica de Auster a la ‘Guerra contra el terror’.

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