Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use

This essay argues that Bill Konigsberg depicts the traumatic experience of being raped and the inner conflict of being a male rape survivor with harsh immediacy by implementing internal focalisation in his young adult novel The Music of What Happens (2019). Additionally, the essay argues that the no...

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Main Author:	Gunnarsson, Louise
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) 2021
Subjects:	Trauma Theory EFL Classroom The Music of What Happens Rape Internal Focalisation Survivor Trauma Narrative Upper Secondary School. Languages and Literature Språk och litteratur
Online Access:	http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100536

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spelling	ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-1005362021-02-11T05:41:27ZFocalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use engGunnarsson, LouiseLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)2021Trauma TheoryEFL ClassroomThe Music of What HappensRapeInternal FocalisationSurvivorTrauma NarrativeUpper Secondary School.Languages and LiteratureSpråk och litteraturThis essay argues that Bill Konigsberg depicts the traumatic experience of being raped and the inner conflict of being a male rape survivor with harsh immediacy by implementing internal focalisation in his young adult novel The Music of What Happens (2019). Additionally, the essay argues that the novel is a useful teaching resource in the Swedish EFL classroom by discussing the pedagogical implementations. This essay conducts an analysis from a trauma theory perspective, allowing a closer scrutiny of how the protagonist is affected by trauma. Lastly, it is concluded that although broaching sexualized trauma in the EFL classroom can be triggering, the novel can in fact vicariously represent students who have undergone traumatic events and therefore validate their feelings. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100536application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic	Trauma Theory EFL Classroom The Music of What Happens Rape Internal Focalisation Survivor Trauma Narrative Upper Secondary School. Languages and Literature Språk och litteratur
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description	This essay argues that Bill Konigsberg depicts the traumatic experience of being raped and the inner conflict of being a male rape survivor with harsh immediacy by implementing internal focalisation in his young adult novel The Music of What Happens (2019). Additionally, the essay argues that the novel is a useful teaching resource in the Swedish EFL classroom by discussing the pedagogical implementations. This essay conducts an analysis from a trauma theory perspective, allowing a closer scrutiny of how the protagonist is affected by trauma. Lastly, it is concluded that although broaching sexualized trauma in the EFL classroom can be triggering, the novel can in fact vicariously represent students who have undergone traumatic events and therefore validate their feelings.
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title	Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use
title_short	Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use
title_full	Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use
title_fullStr	Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use
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Focalising trauma narrative : An analysis of Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens and its pedagogical use

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