Narrating Pain: The Power of Catharsis. Kearney, R. Paragraph, 30(1):51--66, March, 2007.
Narrating Pain: The Power of Catharsis [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This article explores ways in which narrative retelling and remembering might provide cathartic release for sufferers of trauma. It looks at examples drawn from genocide, literature, history and psychotherapy. It draws particularly from Aristotle's theory of mythos-mimesis and Ricœur's theory of narrative configuration.
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  title = {Narrating {Pain}: {The} {Power} of {Catharsis}},
  volume = {30},
  issn = {02648334},
  shorttitle = {Narrating {Pain}},
  url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=25230217&site=ehost-live},
  abstract = {This article explores ways in which narrative retelling and remembering might provide cathartic release for sufferers of trauma. It looks at examples drawn from genocide, literature, history and psychotherapy. It draws particularly from Aristotle's theory of mythos-mimesis and Ricœur's theory of narrative configuration.},
  number = {1},
  urldate = {2015-09-25TZ},
  journal = {Paragraph},
  author = {Kearney, Richard},
  month = {March},
  year = {2007},
  keywords = {CATHARSIS, MEMORY, NARRATIVES, PSYCHOTHERAPY, TRAUMATISM, narrative, trauma},
  pages = {51--66}
}

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