The Silenced Narrator and the Notion of “Proto-Narrative”

Narrative voices in Ismet Prcić’s memoir/novel “Shards” are many; this article primarily focuses on what we refer to as the voice of “silenced narrator” that appears speak from a deep (“s ubdiegetic”) narrative level shaped by unconscious workings traumatic experience. Starting psychological insights into states (Elbert and Schauer, Hunt, Crossley, etc.) tracing encoded symptoms illness across text, discussion moves theoretical investigate notions proposed authors such Genette (to discuss levels), Ricœur (in examining construction self), Caruth evaluating implications literary voicing trauma), Antonio Damasio exploring source nature trauma-related destruction narratively voiced “I”), others. These used establish concept subject whose emerges zone their “proto-self” (Damasio), be weaved distinctive form will “proto-narrative.”