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	About     Bibliography     Events     FAQ     Home     Links     Membership     News	Don DeLillo and Trauma November 2000 Program arranged by the Don DeLillo Society. Moderator: Skip Willman (Georgia Institute of Technology) Panelists: Derek C. Maus | Jacqui Griffiths | Skip Willman           The newly formed Don DeLillo Society will present a panel on "Don DeLillo and Trauma" at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference 2000. DeLillo's fiction has repeatedly invoked instances of "historical trauma" (Kaja Silverman), such as the Holocaust and the JFK assassination. Personal trauma also plays a role in his fiction from the death of David Bell's mother in Americana to the murder of Esmeralda in Underworld. What is the relationship between these traumatic events and DeLillo's work? Does DeLillo's fiction constitute some form of testimony or "working through" of these traumatic experiences? Relying upon various theoretical approaches, these three papers address the question of trauma in DeLillo's fiction.           Panelists have been advised to limit their remarks to twenty minutes duration, in order to accommodate the 90-minute total length for panels. 1.White Noise and Underworld: The Image and Afterimage of the Cold War Derek C. Maus University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2. "Fasten, fit closely, bind together": Binding and Traumatotropism in Underworld and Mao II Jacqui Griffiths Royal Holloway College, University of London 3. DeLillo and Historical Trauma: The Case of the Holocaust and Hitler Skip Willman Georgia Institute of Technology This panel is sponsored by the Don DeLillo Society. About | Bibliography | Events | FAQ | Home | Links | Membership | News
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