The Struggle to Survive and Thrive: Assessing the Conigtive Complexities of Trauma and Recovery in Emma Donoghue's "Room"

UNCA Author/Contributor (non-UNCA co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Jessica Lynn Griffin Farrow (Creator)
Institution
University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA )
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Advisor
Deborah James

Abstract: Emma Donoghue's novel "Room" follows a five-year-old boy who is being held captive with his mother, and is loosely based on a real life abduction. In this paper the author discusses the novel, the story of the real abduction, and the role of child narrators in literature.

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Publication
Other
Language: English
Date: 2018
Keywords
Emma Donoghue, child abduction, child narrators

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