Post-Conflict Literature

<p>This book explores the role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict. Essays explore concepts like truth and reconciliation post-traumatic memory historical reckoning therapeutic storytelling transitional justice archival memory and questions about victimhood and reparation. The book focuses on the experience of post-Apartheid South Africa post-Troubles Northern Ireland and post-dictatorship Latin America to define a new field for literary studies and open it up to scholars working in other regional and national contexts. This volume is a valuable resource for scholars of Comparative Literature Peace and Conflicts Studies Human Rights and other disciplines. </p>