Who Killed Cecil Palmer? The Role of Memory in Night Vale’s Self-Narrative Rupture

Pages: 95 - 107
Published: Jan 1, 2018
Abstract
How does Cecil know who he is if he cannot remember who he was? Using the Welcome to Night Vale episode “Cassette” as a jumping-off point, I argue that Cecil draws upon an array of mnemonic practices to cope with his forgotten past and a forced remembering of what appears to be a violent moment in his childhood. Cecil copes with the trauma of forced remembering by deciding that he will forget again until he feels prepared to remember again....
Paper Details
Title
Who Killed Cecil Palmer? The Role of Memory in Night Vale’s Self-Narrative Rupture
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
Pages
95 - 107
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