Πολιτική βία, ιστορική μνήμη και τραύμα : αναπαραστάσεις της τρομοκρατίας σε σύγχρονα ελληνικά λογοτεχνικά κείμενα και μαρτυρίες

Abstract

This article sums up the research conclusions drawn from the close reading of Greek literary texts (fiction and testimonies) that posit at the epicenter of their problematic the concept of terrorism. Starting of from a concise delimitation and overview of the corpus in question, we pinpoint the common narrative strategies and conceptual framing in these texts and trace the relation between the ‘lived event’ and historical memory as well as traumatic memory itself and its transgenerational transmission (transgenerational trauma). Furthermore, the in-depth review of the detected thematic and signifying correlations that ensues is theoretically underpinned, mostly by trauma theory. The literary production concerning post-Civil War political violence committed by leftist organizations, despite its limitedness in size and lack of sophistication with respect to literary representation, offers itself as a fertile ground for research, in parallel to historical and political discourses.