{"title":"A Traumatic Reading of Maurya's Passivity in Synge's Riders to the Sea","authors":"Chu He","doi":"10.1353/mos.2021.a903587","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay gives a traumatic reading of Maurya's passivity. Traumatized by her sons' deaths, Maurya develops PTSD symptoms including hyperarousal, intrusion, and constriction, and through keening she moves towards a recovery. Synge's deft use of symbols, repetition, and imagery to stage trauma makes Riders a precursor to later trauma plays.","PeriodicalId":44769,"journal":{"name":"Mosaic-An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"49 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mosaic-An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2021.a903587","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This essay gives a traumatic reading of Maurya's passivity. Traumatized by her sons' deaths, Maurya develops PTSD symptoms including hyperarousal, intrusion, and constriction, and through keening she moves towards a recovery. Synge's deft use of symbols, repetition, and imagery to stage trauma makes Riders a precursor to later trauma plays.