WRITING, AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL AND GROWTH: A STUDY OF SUBLIMATION OF TRAUMA IN THE WORKS OF MAYA ANGELOU
WRITING, AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL AND GROWTH: A STUDY OF SUBLIMATION OF TRAUMA IN THE WORKS OF MAYA ANGELOU

Summary/Abstract: Trauma and pain are subjective reactions to objective events. Even though a traumatised person might want to repress their pain, the effects and manifestations of trauma could be varied. Maya Angelou underwent personal and collective trauma, as an African American woman who was to face consequences for every bit of her identity. She is known today as a symbol of strength and compassion. However, her story of survival and growth are incomplete without her persistent attempts at it, through the act of sublimation. Her creative expressions, especially her writings invariably circle around the trauma that shaped her. They not only acted as a means for her to comprehend her own past, but also helped her forge her way through it and become a beacon of hope, strength and compassion.

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