'IN ALLEM IST DER RISS': TRAUMA, FRAGMENTATION, AND THE BODY IN HERTA MÜLLER'S PROSE AND COLLAGES.

In Herta Müller's works, trauma characterizes the experience and continuing effects of the repressive regime in Romania; it informs both the content and the style of her writing. This article traces the development of Muller's representation of trauma in her prose texts and collages: the prose texts describe traumatic events, while the collages embody the dissociation and fragmentation which result from trauma; both focus on images of the body. The split in her æuvre allows Muller's prose works to move towards articulation, while the texts on the collages are increasingly playful and poetic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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