The paper discusses selected aspects related to the socio-cultural representation of a traumatic experience. It explores the material based on testimonies available in Svetlana Alexievich’s works. Analyzing them, the author refers to Cathy Caruth’s theory of socio-cultural trauma, Neil Smelser’s writings, socially and culturally adapted components of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and elements of the testimonium theory.
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