Društvena trauma i pitanje identiteta u romanu Falling Man Dona Delilla

This paper analyzes Don Delillo’s novel Falling Man in terms of trauma that characters of the novel suffered after the terrorist attacks on 11 September, the way characters deal with their trauma, as well as their search for identity. The aim of the paper is to suggest that the trauma Keith Neudecker, his wife Lianne and their son Justin suffered is intervening with their everyday lives and they are not able to continue with their everyday activities. The characters struggle to find their identities in the world that is changed and cannot come to peace with the trauma. The first chapter of this paper deals with the happenings of 11 September and with the 9/11 literature. The next chapter analyzes the traumatic experience of Keith, Lianne, and their son Justin. The third chapter explores Keith’s and Lianne’s search for identity, as well as the critique of American national identity that DeLillo offers through the relationship of Nina and Martin. The following chapter analyzes the art of recovery in the novel and DeLillo’