re examples of the ‘collapse of witnessing’ but also of the eventual ‘witnessing’ of the traumatic events of their lives. It is important to be aware of the other concepts that tie into Teresa and Rowlandson’s ‘collapse of witnessing’. Latency and melancholia play a part in Teresa and Rowlandson’s ‘collapse of witnessing’, respectively. These concepts intertwine with Laub’s theory of ‘collapse of witnessing’ to show a clear connection between The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself and The True History of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. ...
