This is fascinating - on our podcast The Novel Tea we talked in an episode last year about the ‘trauma plot’ and why trauma in literature seems to be having a moment. We felt like it was being pushed by the industry particularly with authors or color/international literature, but of course there are always multiple dimensions to these questions.
This is a really cool study. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for reading.
This is fascinating - on our podcast The Novel Tea we talked in an episode last year about the ‘trauma plot’ and why trauma in literature seems to be having a moment. We felt like it was being pushed by the industry particularly with authors or color/international literature, but of course there are always multiple dimensions to these questions.
Linking the episode here if you’re curious:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MDj3Ue1ewL3JB0NIJ6v3n?si=NaLiJSKESReYAoVgmCGyqw
Thank you for sharing this! Very interesting to learn about how the brain responds to pain in art