Assignment 207- Memory Hacking and Narrative Reconstruction in Julian Barnes' The Only Story: An Analysis of Reconstructive Memory, Trauma, and Narrative Identity
Memory Hacking and Narrative Reconstruction in Julian Barnes' The Only Story An Analysis of Reconstructive Memory, Trauma, and Narrative Identity Personal Details Name: Smruti Jitubhai Vadher Batch: M.A. Semester-4 (2024-26) Roll No.: 28 Enrollment no.: 5108240034 E-mail address: vadhersmruti@gmail.com Assignment Details Paper: 207 Contemporary Literature in English Paper code: 22414 Subject: Memory Hacking and Narrative Reconstruction in Julian Barnes' The Only Story: An Analysis of Reconstructive Memory, Trauma, and Narrative Identity Date of Submission : March 30, 2026 Submitted to: Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Abstract This assignment examines how Julian Barnes' The Only Story (2018) explores memory not as a stable repository of the past but as a dynamic, reconstructive process shaped by emotion, trauma, and temporal distance. Through close textual analysis informed by memory studi...