EXPLORATION OF OVERWHELMING CRISIS OF PTSD THROUGH TRAUMA NARRATIVE OF ROXANE GAY'S AN UNTAMED STATE

ABSTRACT

The 21st century is a tech world undergoing surplus ?uctuations, familiarizing the new era, literature re?ects real life changes, challenges, problems and chaos. Though complications like famine, pandemic, accidents, failures, physical abuses, wars etc., physically gets alright, mind and the repressed memory ?nds a way out and the individual faces the psychological tremor, recollecting and re-living the traumatic moment that causes anxiety and waves of panic. The main objective of this paper is to explore the overwhelming emotional crisis of an individual affected from PTSD and the ruptured life after the traumatic incident through the interesting narrative of Roxane Gay's An Untamed State. The plot revolves around the character Mireille, a lawyer abducted for a huge ransom undergoes severe physical and psychological torture. The real horror of her life and unspeakable trauma explodes when she was released after 13 days. Her devastating bitter experience starts to shake her life stripping her identity and affecting her remarkable life altogether. The novel and the psychological study credibly portray and put forth the intricacies of rape trauma syndrome stricken life and surviving its ?erce pangs.