أ.م.د. مهند محمد كاظم الأثر النفسي للحرب: دراسة في رواية "الطيور الصفراء" لكيفن باورز

Abstract

"This paper is a literary analysis of Kevin Powers' “The Yellow Birds” that examines the psychological impact of war on soldiers. In close reading of the novel, the work shows how Powers depicts soldiers' interior battles and emotional scarring, here around characters Bartle and Murphy. With a backdrop of war's more broad psychological consequences, the study strands of memory, pain, and soldiers' dissonance of morals in coming home create a tale that reflects deeply these topics. Emphasizing difficulty to adjust to civilian life after war, the story's sharp depiction of such themes helps to locate a lens utilized to evaluate war's larger overall psychological damage. The work positions the book in a dialogue of war literature by using several critiques of literature and different theory of psychology, therefore establishing it to be a seminal work in situating war's influence on mental health. This study shows the importance of the book in describing the silence, often invisible weight of troops, therefore fostering a better respect of their efforts and the challenging aspect of their rehabilitation.