Texting Trauma: Love, Grief, and Mental Health in the Works of Durjoy Datta
Journal: International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science (Vol.10, No. 3)Publication Date: 2025-05-09
Authors : Mala Poria;
Page : 008-010
Keywords : love; grief; mental health; trauma; digital youth culture;
Abstract
This paper investigates the interrelated themes of love, grief, and mental health in the novels of Indian popular fiction writer Durjoy Datta, with a focus on how trauma is experienced, expressed, and often silenced within the digital cultures of urban youth. Through a close reading of selected texts, the study argues that Datta's fiction serves as a cultural mirror to the shifting emotional landscapes of contemporary Indian society— where emotional repression, romantic disillusionment, and psychological vulnerability are deeply entangled with technology, gender roles, and neoliberal expectations of happiness and productivity. Using a multidisciplinary framework combining affect theory, trauma studies, and masculinity studies, the paper positions Datta's work as an essential yet underexplored contribution to modern Indian literature that demands critical attention for its portrayal of youth mental health and the affective labor embedded in love and loss.
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