Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part A (2023)
Trauma: Source of neurosis and resistance: A study of the garden of solitude
Trauma: Source of neurosis and resistance: A study of the garden of solitude
Author(s)
Khushboo Ramzan
AbstractTrauma is a psychological response to a horrible event or a dreadful incident, be it a war, conflict, or natural disaster. Trauma is a condition when someone goes through an accident and, is in denial to accept reality. Some of these signs found among people include flashbacks, recollection of memories, nightmares, severe anxiety, and uncontrollable thoughts. The deterioration of mental balance and becoming a victim of depression and diseases like neurosis. However, the term neurosis was given by William Cullen and redefined by Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. Thus, neurosis is the major outcome of trauma.
Siddhartha Gigoo is an Indian writer, filmmaker, and author of two books of fiction. The Garden of Solitude is the writer’s debut novel along with his novel The Fistful of Earth. He is the first person who raised his voice for Kashmiri Pandits and openly point out the issues of Pandits. The proposed analysis aims at looking at Siddhartha Gigoo’s novel The Garden of Solitude from the point of view of Trauma and Memory. The novel’s major themes are the exodus, exile, loss of culture, and ethnic cleansing of Pandits. On the other hand, the politics of violence in Kashmir started in the early 1990S and the situation in Kashmir led to an exodus of the Pandit Community. He has beautifully managed to pen down the suffering of his community through his works Short Stories, and other works as well. The paper offers a deep insight through textual references and gives vivid detail of the Pandit exodus through the prism of psychoanalytic theory.
How to cite this article:
Khushboo Ramzan. Trauma: Source of neurosis and resistance: A study of the garden of solitude. Int J Appl Res 2023;9(3):31-33.