J.S. Foer’s "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

Sensation mongering or an aid to coping strategies?

Term Paper (Advanced seminar) , 2010 , 33 Pages , Grade: 1,2

Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works

The enormous adverse psychological side effects resulting from the 9/11 at-tacks are represented by 13% of lower Manhattan residents even seven years afterwards. Foer has a walk-over attracting a large readership because he utilizes this topic. His rea-dership could have been even bigger if they would have known about the practical im-plementation of coping strategies creatively hidden in the subtext.
It is the main goal of this text to reveal major PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) symptoms in the main characters in a partly scientific/literary analysis and thus give an idea how the 40% of New York City’s affected school children might have felt in the aftermath of September 11. Relevant coping strategies that ensure a general health-related quality of life can be experienced in a beautiful story about a boy that exceeds his emotional boundaries with the help of his closer and farther related social environment.

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY OF THE PLOT

PTSD AND RELEVANT COPING STRATEGIES

HOW IS THE STORY PRESENTED TO THE READER AND WHAT DOES IT CREATE INSIDE US?
VISUAL MEANS AND THEIR STYLISTICAL FUNCTION
STRUCTURE AND NARRATORS
METAPHORS THAT REINFORCE THE THEME OF TRAUMA
THE CONCEPT OF "BLACK"

SELECTED CHARACTER ANALYSIS RELATED TO MENTAL STABILITY
OSKAR
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER
MR. A. R. BLACK

FINAL CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE

APPENDIX
Visual realization of the plot, the family constellation and the degree of damage iv
Directory (penguin books 2006)

• College: Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik)
• Course: The US Justice System
• Grade: 1,2
• Author: Thomas Thieke (Author)
• Publication Year: 2010
• Pages: 33
• Catalog Number: V153531
• ISBN (eBook): 9783640657575
• ISBN (Book): 9783640657964
• Language: English
• Tags: PTSD, anxiety disorders, coping strategies, Dresden 1945, visual writing, 9/11, character analyses, metaphors, symbols, narrators, large scale disasters, disaster management, somatic experiencing, Postmodernism, depression, J.S. Foer, extremely loud