Title
“Undone”: a Novella Using Othello to Discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Support
Date of Award
Spring 6-12-2015
Author Requested Restriction
Open Access (no embargo, no restriction)
Work Type
Masters Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)
Department
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
First Advisor
E. Joe Sharkey
Second Advisor
Andrea M. Modarres
Abstract
Amongst the discourse about Veterans, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become a prevalent, if not dominant, theme. Often this discussion is accompanied by themes articulated in the phrase “Support Our Troops” and framed in the context of the military history and origins related to PTSD. But what often gets overlooked and overshadowed are the correlation between support and treatment or prevention of PTSD, the inadequacy of gestures framed as supporting our troops that do very little to actually support them, non-combat/ non-military PTSD, stigmas of PTSD that become an obstacle to getting treatment, and extreme portrayals of PTSD in fiction. Because of these factors, I wrote the novella “Undone” and used Shakespeare’s Othello as a lens to examine these narratives.
Recommended Citation
Hicks, Thomas M., "“Undone”: a Novella Using Othello to Discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Support" (2015). MAIS Projects and Theses. 30.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_masters/30