Manifestation of Psychological Trauma in Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

Abstract

This paper aims to explore Trauma Theory by Cathy Caruth in Kamila Shamsie’s novel Broken Verses through qualitative analysis. The main objective of the paper is to delineate mental trauma embedded in the memory of the characters, which molds their present and future identities. The significance of the research is unraveled in the traumatic, rampant ravages in the ecstatic childhood, hurling victims in an eternal void of identity crisis. The tools for the research constitute of the novel Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie as the primary source. Whereas Trauma Theory by Cathy Caruth serves as the secondary text from a theoretical perspective. The study fills the gap in research on Broken Verses as a critical study of the cynical Pakistani politics and the seeping in of fundamentalism in the government body. The research leaves open the intellectual space to explore Fascism in Shamsie’s selected work.