Date
10-20-2023
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Chair
James Corey Latta
Keywords
emotional abuse, trauma, complex trauma, memoir, healing
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
Recommended Citation
Partain, Amy G., "Using Memoir to Explore and Heal Trauma Inflicted by Emotional Abuse, accompanied by Excavating Me, A Memoir" (2023). Masters Theses. 1070.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1070
Abstract
"Using Memoir to Explore and Heal Trauma Inflicted by Emotional Abuse, accompanied by Excavating Me, A Memoir" by Amy G. Partain details the use of the memoir's literary genre to process trauma resulting from emotional abuse incurred during childhood and adulthood. The paper includes comparisons of three published memoirs about abusive childhoods. It culminates with the author's memoir recounting emotionally abusive experiences with both her parents and her former spouse.
