tailieunhanh - Narrating trauma in literature: Sorha Sanjhharu

The ten years of conflict that changed the political, economic, and cultural landscapes of our country. This period has been the topic of study for the researchers or scholars who want to bring out the facts about the people either involved in conflict from either side. Ordinary civilians did not notice things in depth when the insurgency was at climax and left the Nepali society in dilapidated the life of condition. Among many notable writers who penned about it, Govind Bartaman has depicted some vulnerable people who were undergoing with crippled life from both warring groups. Narrating their pangs he has forwarded the indelible horrendous memory in the form of trauma of these people who are still in the traumas. The atrocities being narrated in the book are very traumatic but the form of narrative has appeased the pains of the traumatized and an appeal to adjust with the perpetrators. | NARRATING TRAUMA IN LITERATURE SORHA SANJHHARU Badri Prasad Pokharel Rita Majgayna ABSTRACT The ten years of conflict that changed the political economic and cultural landscapes of our country. This period has been the topic of study for the researchers or scholars who want to bring out the facts about the people either involved in conflict from either side. Ordinary civilians did not notice things in depth when the insurgency was at climax and left the Nepali society in dilapidated the life of condition. Among many notable writers who penned about it Govind Bartaman has depicted some vulnerable people who were undergoing with crippled life from both warring groups. Narrating their pangs he has forwarded the indelible horrendous memory in the form of trauma of these people who are still in the traumas. The atrocities being narrated in the book are very traumatic but theform of narrative has appeased the pains of the traumatized and an appeal to adjust with the perpetrators. Key Words atrocities perpetrators horrendous pangs memory rupture exodus impunity trauma. BACKGROUND The Maoist insurgency which erupted a rupture in Nepali diasporas for about ten years causing a massive destruction accounting for about the lives of more than thirteen thousand people more ordinary citizens than those of warring combatants that ensued many to leave the houses and be refugees in their own country. The unending conflict between the state security force and the then Communist party of Nepal CPN Maoist along with its military using the People s Liberation Army- PLA under the leadership of Chairman Prachanda has not only proved the inefficacy of the Nepali state in curbing the challenge but also exposed the institutional fragility of the state in coping with disorder with rising cost of conflict. As the violent conflict intensified the enormity of cost as a premium of economic cost of violence the human and social costs as well as the psychological trauma of the people- mostly .