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 )
- Web Site: http://library.unca.edu/
- 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.
The Struggle to Survive and Thrive: Assessing the Conigtive Complexities of Trauma and Recovery in Emma Donoghue's "Room"
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- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Emma Donoghue, child abduction, child narrators