Trauma og minne i Jon Fosses Stengd gitar

Jon Fosse’s writing is characterized by a constant return to turmoil that often associated with traumatic events in the past. His literary figures seem be trapped their painful memories. The very cause or starting point of trauma remains hidden unsaid. novel Closed Guitar from 1985 about Liv, young single mother who locks herself out her apartment where one-year-old son is. In novel, we follow thoughts lonely person closed as much inside outside. main character undergoes mental journey into past and tossed back forth between autobiographical memories hallucinations. Since was published 1985, memory research has undergone revolution researchers have pointed our visions future are closely linked. bad good piled on top one another, create an intense encounter outer inner reality.I discuss at how Liv’s dissociative tendency movements form self-narrative that, despite its fragmented character, creates relevant context for her. reader, other hand, struggles interpret narrative, because it apparently shaped false several different variations same event. story fiction brings us closer understanding narratives structured.