THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF THE TRAUMA WRITINGS: A THROWBACK AT THE REPRESENTATIVE 9/11 FICTION

Abstract

Several novels have appeared after the attacks of 9/11 and these novels either directly or indirectly deal with the effect of the event on individuals. Although these novels often claim to represent the post traumatic aftermath of the incident, the writers regularly use stereotyping resulting in strengthening the old binary discourse. The other basic issues highlighted in the representative post 9/11 texts are identity crisis, racial discrimination, religious hatred and psychological traumas as in the case of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, John Updike’s Terrorist, and Don DeLillo’s Falling Man. These novels explore the experiences of persons suffering from thetrauma which followed the attacks. This paper focuseson the ways in which the novelists have represented the impacts of 9/11 on a world with different ideologies.