Post-postmodern literature presents several accounts of queer identities at war, highlighting how gay soldiers were simultaneously fighting for their country and against it, at a time where being a homosexual in Britain was illegal. Taking inspiration from very recent events (Turing Law, 2016) this paper aims at exploring the dynamics and interconnections of war trauma and the queer Self in John Boyne’s The Absolutist (2011) set in WW1, and investigates on the fundamental role of storytelling in processing trauma, and in achieving self-acceptance and forgiveness.
The Trauma of Self-Loathing: War, Stillness, and Atonement in John Boyne's The Absolutist
Cutolo
2019-01-01
Abstract
Post-postmodern literature presents several accounts of queer identities at war, highlighting how gay soldiers were simultaneously fighting for their country and against it, at a time where being a homosexual in Britain was illegal. Taking inspiration from very recent events (Turing Law, 2016) this paper aims at exploring the dynamics and interconnections of war trauma and the queer Self in John Boyne’s The Absolutist (2011) set in WW1, and investigates on the fundamental role of storytelling in processing trauma, and in achieving self-acceptance and forgiveness.
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