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Item An Alternative History of Holocaust: New Historical Reading in Gerda W. Klein’s All But My Life(Central Department of English, 2019) Lamichhane, Sanatanavailable with full textItem Gender Trauma in MahtabNarsimhan’sThe Third Eye(Faculty of Art in English, 2018-04) Poudel, SunitaThe novel The Third Eye, is about culturaland gender traumaand its consequent behavior and manners of characters in the novel. The thesis emphasizes the traumatic experience of all characters and gender traumatic feeling of women. Trauma is the situation in which the suffered people want to adopt the new life style but they cannot do so because it takes them to the past. Thus, the novel focuses on the characters who are suffering from the traumatic situations. The main purpose of the research is to find traumatic situation in The Third Eye which is about a family, across three generations. It tells the story of Tara’s family who believe in a traditional business, Tara always have the feeling of fear and past. The older members of the family like to follow traditional manner while new generation likes to adopt new ones. Therefore, instead of branching out, the brothers remain apprenticed to the struggling shop, female characters, on the other hand, have to fight against patriarchal society. They are not allowed to do anything against the willingness of the male characters in the novel. They do not like to live with the family helping the Tara's identity but she cannot. Thus, she decides to cope up with the male character's business.Item Trauma and resilience congolese women in Lynm Nottage's Ruined(Department of English, 2023) Panta, AnuThis research paper aims to explore the lasting impact of trauma in Lynn Nottage’s Ruined. This paper depicts the reality that sexual violence during the war has a severe impact on Congolese women. The women in the play who have been assaulted carry a heavy burden of emotional pain. Although the violence itself is in the past, it has a lasting impact on the survivor’s life and psyche. The trauma the female characters have experienced continues to haunt their daily lives. Yet, they have the power of resilience, which helps them to continue their lives despite all the atrocities. This research paper studies the traumatic condition of the female characters and their resilience to continue their lives. This research paper shows their affirmation of life despite being ruined mentally and physically, and they are able to bring hope amid hopelessness. They start feeling safe, aware, hopeful, and loved through female bonding and with the help of working through the process, reading novels, music, and songs.They also prove they are not merely victims but survivors who survive the atrocities of brutal war played on their bodies. This paper, in connection with gender trauma, attempts to explore the reality that sexual violence continues its assault throughout a person's life.However, this research paper focuses on the female characters in the play who are not only locked up within this gender trauma but rather try to cope with it in their own possible way and try to escape from it. They accept the fact that they are ruined, although, in the beginning, they accuse themselves of the tragic incident that happened to them. The present research paper aims to set new ground through the analysis of this drama in light of gender trauma. Key Words: Gender Trauma, Lasting Impact, Rape, Ruined, Resilience