March 1, 2007

Narrating Pain: The Power of Catharsis

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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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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1dbc2a6f8771f2e95cda0c — DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/prg.2007.0013

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Richard Kearney

University College Dublin

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The Good Listener· 2000 · 14 citations

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