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Pat Barker is one of the few female novelists with war themes in the contemporary British literary world. This book focuses on the study of six of Buck's novels set in the First World War, and systematically elaborates on the traumatic narratives in Buck's works and the cultural significance of such narratives. Starting from the dual perspectives of the appearance and implicitness of the existence of things, the book analyzes the retrospective and historical perspectives, non-textual and textual media, bottom-up and top-down concepts, special and general considerations, and different paths of art and science in the novel. It presents the dynamic development of the characters and the complexity of their inner world in the social and historical context at that time, revealing Buck's postmodern stance to challenge cultural stereotypes and conventions, emphasizing exploration under tension and inclusive and open dialogue.