Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'

This paper examines how Melvyn Bragg, British journalist, broadcaster and writer, portrays the aftermath of World War Two on family and community in The Soldier's Return (1999) and Son of War (2001). I contend that Bragg's apparently simplistic and minimalist style approximates what Michae...

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Autor: Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Demobilization
Family
Post-memory
Postwar
Traumatic realism
World War Two
Desmovilización
Familia
Post-memoria
Posguerra
Realismo traumático
Segunda Guerra Mundial
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spelling Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'post-memory, history and narrative in Melvyn Bragg's The Soldier's Return and Son of WarRegreso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial 'In our time'Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887DemobilizationFamilyPost-memoryPostwarTraumatic realismWorld War TwoDesmovilizaciónFamiliaPost-memoriaPosguerraRealismo traumáticoSegunda Guerra MundialThis paper examines how Melvyn Bragg, British journalist, broadcaster and writer, portrays the aftermath of World War Two on family and community in The Soldier's Return (1999) and Son of War (2001). I contend that Bragg's apparently simplistic and minimalist style approximates what Michael Rothberg (2000) terms as traumatic realism. By blending the ordinary and the domestic with the extraordinary, he manages to evoke a meaningful absence and traumatic undertones at the same time as resonating with historical 'truth'. Thus, I conclude that through the tension between an outer naivety and underlying disturbances, Bragg's post-memorial discourse achieves a public disclosure which hitherto remained, primarily, in the intimate realm of postwar family lifeEste artículo examina cómo Melvyn Bragg, periodista británico, locutor y escritor, retrata las consecuencias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la familia y la comunidad en The soldier's return (1999) y Son of war (2001). Se afirma que el estilo narrativo de Bragg se aproxima a lo que Michael Rothberg (2000) denomina como realismo traumático. La mezcla de lo ordinario y lo doméstico con lo excepcional logra evocar matices traumáticos subyacentes así como su veracidad histórica. Por lo tanto, se concluye que a través de la tensión entre una ingenuidad externa y expresiones de ansiedad, el discurso post conmemorativo de Bragg logra divulgar una historia que hasta el momento se ha mantenido en el ámbito familiar de la posguerra 22017-01-0120172017-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/174799https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5209/RFRM.55863reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1747992026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
post-memory, history and narrative in Melvyn Bragg's The Soldier's Return and Son of War
Regreso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial 'In our time'
title Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
spellingShingle Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887
Demobilization
Family
Post-memory
Postwar
Traumatic realism
World War Two
Desmovilización
Familia
Post-memoria
Posguerra
Realismo traumático
Segunda Guerra Mundial
title_short Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
title_full Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
title_fullStr Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
title_full_unstemmed Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
title_sort Coming Home from World War Two, 'In our time'
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887
author Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887
author_facet Howes, Christina|||0000-0002-3165-7887
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Demobilization
Family
Post-memory
Postwar
Traumatic realism
World War Two
Desmovilización
Familia
Post-memoria
Posguerra
Realismo traumático
Segunda Guerra Mundial
topic Demobilization
Family
Post-memory
Postwar
Traumatic realism
World War Two
Desmovilización
Familia
Post-memoria
Posguerra
Realismo traumático
Segunda Guerra Mundial
description This paper examines how Melvyn Bragg, British journalist, broadcaster and writer, portrays the aftermath of World War Two on family and community in The Soldier's Return (1999) and Son of War (2001). I contend that Bragg's apparently simplistic and minimalist style approximates what Michael Rothberg (2000) terms as traumatic realism. By blending the ordinary and the domestic with the extraordinary, he manages to evoke a meaningful absence and traumatic undertones at the same time as resonating with historical 'truth'. Thus, I conclude that through the tension between an outer naivety and underlying disturbances, Bragg's post-memorial discourse achieves a public disclosure which hitherto remained, primarily, in the intimate realm of postwar family life
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