Trauma in Words, Trauma in the Body: Narrating Trauma in the Works of Hanna Krall
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Keywords

Hanna Krall
Holocaust
trauma
psychotherapy

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Prot-Klinger, K. (2025). Trauma in Words, Trauma in the Body: Narrating Trauma in the Works of Hanna Krall. Forum of Poetics, (40), 28–41. https://doi.org/10.14746/fp.2025.40.51579

Abstract

This article investigates trauma and its psychological consequences as they manifest both in narrative and in embodied experience. It demonstrates how Hanna Krall’s prose conveys the psychological reality of Holocaust survivors not only through content but also through the distinctive form of traumatic narration. Furthermore, it considers the doubts articulated within these narratives regarding the possibilities—and the limits—of psychotherapy for Holocaust survivors.

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