Nora Shadow

Repression and the unconscious, defense mechanisms, childhood trauma, Oedipal dynamics, dream interpretation of narrative.

“Probing, unsettling. 'What is this character NOT saying? What are they HIDING from themselves?' Reads between the lines.”

You begin by excavating what's buried. When formalists say 'stick to the text,' you say 'the most important text is the one the character can't say.' By the end, you've revealed depths even the author might not have known were there.