Go Set a Watchman: revealing phantom narratives and shattering projections in the era of Black Lives Matter

Abstract

Harper Lee's novels, To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman, are examined through the lens of reader-response theory and the Jungian concept of the cultural complex or phantom narratives. Socio-historical context includes the American civil rights movement of the 60's as well as Black Lives Matter. The clinical and institutional implications are briefly considered.