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Beyond the Luxury of Denial: Historical Trauma and Narrative Ethics in Teju Cole and Julie Otsuka WAKE,Issei ワケ,イッセイ Teju Cole Julie Otsuka historical trauma ethical witnessing testimony application/pdf This paper examines how Teju Cole’s Open City and Julie Otsuka’s internment narratives engage with historical trauma through distinct narrative strategies. Cole constructs New York City as a palimpsest, layering past and present traumas within the urban landscape, while Otsuka employs a collective voice to underscore the erasure of individual identity during Japanese American internment. Drawing on theories of trauma, memory, and witnessing, the study demonstrates how both authors challenge conventional historical testimony and create narrative spaces that facilitate ethical engagement with traumatic histories. Their works serve as both repositories of historical trauma and sites for active moral reckoning, transforming how literature can preserve and interrogate painful pasts while resisting historical amnesia. departmental bulletin paper 人文科学研究所 2025-09-30 VoR 人文研紀要 112 53 86 0287-3877 https://chuo-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2003371/files/repo-0287-3877_112_03.pdf https://doi.org/10.24789/0002003371 https://chuo-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2003371 eng この資料の著作権は、資料の著作者または学校法人中央大学に帰属します。著作権法が定める私的利用・引用を超える使用を希望される場合には、掲載誌発行部局へお問い合わせください。