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Child sexual abuse is a criminal act that entails inappropriate and exploitative sexual behaviour with a child. Thirty Days in September is the first play in India to have dealt with the issue of intrafamilial child sexual abuse as its central theme. Through this poignantdrama, Mahesh Dattani has successfully disrupted the deafening silence over this problem by bringing the characters as child sexual abuse survivors on stage. He has depicted this social taboo with exemplary veracity and utmost sensitivity. This paper analyses the representation of the trauma of the survivors, their struggle forsurvival as well as their journey'towards healing in theplay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article critiques Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel "Lolita" and its 1962 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick. Topics discussed include the acts of social stealth, confession, and sexual abuse depicted in the novel, the suggestions offered by professor Linda Schlossberg regarding the narrative involving the titular character, and the rating earned by the film which may be attributed to its portrayal of child sexual abuse.

A literary criticism of the book "La bestia nel cuore" by Cristina Comencini is presented. It explores the narrative patterns of the novel's author in depicting child sexual abuse in Italy. It examines the tensions between the narrative patterns and their importance in the Italian contemporary culture. An overview of the story is also given.

One of the most famous French Canadian writers, Anne Hébert deals in her novels with the theme of violence in the complex relationship between men and women. The difficulty to express oneself has its sources in a molested childhood and so, the hebertien characters are victims of a violent sexuality. Considering novels such as Kamouraska, Les Enfants du sabbat, Un habit de lumière, our article is dealing with the various forms and shades of a perverted sexuality, as seen by Anne Hébert. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2011, North American creative writing graduate Margaux Fragoso published her first book, a memoir titledTiger, Tiger. Detailing the author's childhood sexual “relationship” with a 57-year-old man, the memoir was highly controversial. In critical receptions of the memoir, three themes recurred: a sense that it exceeds the limits of appropriate representation, unease with Fragoso bringing child abuse into a stylized literary space, and the question “why do we need to read this story” – a view that it is potentially damaging for readers to consume such narratives. In this paper, we explore the reception ofTiger, Tigerand we argue the text reveals how memoir remains lodged in an uneasy relationship to ideals of public good (dictated by critics and reviewers) versus the needs and ethics of individual representation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A literary criticism of the book "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather is presented. It outlines the characters and explores the symbolic significance of these characters. It examines Cather's reputation for secrecy and desire for privacy and the path of extant correspondence and literature. It notes on the implications of posttraumatic reading in connection with child sexual abuse. An overview of the story is also given.