Memory, Haunting, and Duality: Malaysian Amnesia within the Uncanny Home in Chuah Guat Eng's Days of Change

• Main Author: Ho, Hannah M. Y.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Gothic haunting; Malaysian contemporary fiction; memory loss; nation; postcolonial uncanny
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss41/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2046/viewcontent/KK_2041_2C_202023_204_20Regular_20section_20__20Ho.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article analyzes Chuah Guat Eng’s Days of Change as a postcolonial Gothic fiction by discussing instances of haunting and repressed memory in the novel. It examines memory loss in the family and the nation, triggered by traumatic events and leading to haunting and the haunted. Using the concept...