Trauma, Poetry, and the Body: On the Psalter's Own Words for Wounds

The post-structural understanding of trauma has informed much of literary trauma studies, including biblical trauma studies. In line with recent scholarly discussion on the necessity of going beyond this model, the present paper intends to recover the Psalter’s own language and aesthetics of trauma....

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Main Author: Verde, Danilo 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2020]
In: Biblica
Year: 2020, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-230
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Psalms / Trauma / Body
B Old Testament / Biblical studies / Psalter / Trauma / Human being / Body
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
ZD Psychology
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Summary:The post-structural understanding of trauma has informed much of literary trauma studies, including biblical trauma studies. In line with recent scholarly discussion on the necessity of going beyond this model, the present paper intends to recover the Psalter’s own language and aesthetics of trauma. It is argued that while several psalms recall our modern concept of ‘trauma poetry’, the Psalter has its own poetic resources and linguistic repertoire to represent traumatic experiences, among which the use of terms for body parts and bodily images stands out. The Psalter’s aesthetics of trauma is first and foremost a bodily aesthetics: the body emerges as the main protagonist of trauma, not only because trauma is primarily described as happening in the flesh, but also because human bodily experience provides words and thoughts through which trauma is made thinkable, speakable, and hopefully surmountable.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/BIB.101.2.3288262