Title: The “Double” Adventure in Susan Sontag’s Death Kit

Abstract: Death Kit, Susan Sontag’s novel, is often criticized as quite abstruse and unfathomable. Inspections of the implicit artistic element, “Double”, are invited to denote the uncanny plots, to figure out the blended characters, and to clarify the historical context. By doing so, the connotations of trauma, which are knitted into characters’ psychology, writer’s self-confrontation, and reflections on American history, can be highlighted.

Keywords: Susan Sontag, Death Kit, “Double,” trauma

Author: Siyuan Zhou, Lecturer, College of International Studies, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.