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Exploring Adolescent Grief, Mental Health/Illness, Coping Mechanisms, And Recovery Through Young Adult Literature ‘Problem’ Novels, Kailey Gabriel
Exploring Adolescent Grief, Mental Health/Illness, Coping Mechanisms, And Recovery Through Young Adult Literature ‘Problem’ Novels, Kailey Gabriel
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Since the turn of the century, mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and self-harm have been on the rise in teenagers. A teen’s first confrontation with a traumatic event, such as violence or grief, often exacerbates symptoms of mental illness in those already susceptible. The problem novel, a subcategory of Young Adult literature, has emerged as a potentially therapeutic cultural form for teenagers coping with illness and/or trauma. In a world that still heavily stigmatizes mental afflictions, it can be helpful and affirming to read about characters dealing with similar issues through the comfortable distance of fiction. Readers can identify …
As If We Were Alive - Trauma Recovery In Toni Morrison's Beloved And The Bluest Eye, Eric D. Mcdonnell Jr
As If We Were Alive - Trauma Recovery In Toni Morrison's Beloved And The Bluest Eye, Eric D. Mcdonnell Jr
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Beloved each explore issues of traumatized individuals and the effects of this trauma on their lives and the lives of those around them. An oft-overlooked piece of Morrison's work, however, is her focus on recovery from trauma and the unique presentations of these possibilities through narrative. In these selected texts, the need for a community to act, engage, and remember the trauma of individuals and collectives shine through as the key ways to move twaords the hope of recovery from traumatic events.