THE CONCEPT OF CHILDHOOD IN SYLVIA PLATH'S WRITINGS: A LACANIAN APPROACH

Authors

  • Haider Jabr Mihsin

Abstract

Sylvia Plath's works have been the subject of analysis by so many critics with different approaches. What is common in almost all these studies is this American writer's inclination with such themes as distress, isolation and anxiety. This article is going to analyze a number of her poems and The Bell Jar as Plath's only novel in order to probe into the concept of childhood and how it was treated by her. As a matter of fact, the current study intends to prove that her childhood, motherhood, her parents and what happened in her marital life had a great influence on all her works and chased her up to the very end of her life. To achieve this goal, the writer will have a concise analysis of some poems which have been chosen randomly and her only novel through Lacan's theory of childhood. In other words, this paper is going to investigate Plath's preoccupation with childhood as displayed in her poetry. Through her unconcealed presentation of this fascination in many of her applauded poems, she tried to provide a touching and convincing study representing Lacan's theory.

 

 

 

 

 

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Published

2020-10-23

How to Cite

Haider Jabr Mihsin. (2020). THE CONCEPT OF CHILDHOOD IN SYLVIA PLATH’S WRITINGS: A LACANIAN APPROACH . PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology, 17(7), 16244-16254. Retrieved from https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/6921