ABSTRACT
Fiction explores trauma, mental health, and memory by representing how traumatic experiences can reshape an individual's perception of reality, and influence their ability to remember and narrate their past. This paper examines how Morrison uses fragmented narrative structures and shifting perspectives to represent the fractured psyches of formerly enslaved individuals. In Beloved Morrison represents the process of healing by looking at the various aspects of silence, repression, remembering and re-narrating. This paper investigates the spectral presence of trauma in Beloved as an intergenerational phenomenon that resists traditional narrative closures. It argues that Morrison deliberately disrupts linear temporarily and narrative coherence to reflect the fragmented consciousness of the formerly enslaved. The novel's stream-of- consciousness narration and non-linear structure serve as mechanisms for voicing what cannot be articulated directly. In synthesizing trauma theory with a close textual analysis, this paper offers a fresh perspective on Beloved as a literary archive of repressed memory and unresolved grief.
