Evolution of the Representation of Gendered Body in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry: A Study of “Pursuit†and “Daddyâ€

Yue Zhao
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Yue Zhao: School of Foreign Languages, Xinyang Normal University, China

English Literature and Language Review, 2020, vol. 6, issue 8, 153-156

Abstract: There is an obvious tendency and ample evidence to show Sylvia Plath’s representation of the gendered body throughout her poetry. However, inadequate attention has been paid to the evolution of her such kind of representation. Taking one of her early poems “Pursuit†and a later one “Daddy†as examples, this essay aims to explicate this evolution of representation. In her early poetry, her representation of gendered body centers on Freudian interest as seen in “Pursuit,†but in her later poems this representation changes to her political consciousness as is the case in “Daddy.†Therefore, this evolution embodies both her change of poetic subject matter and her concern with gender politics under the influence of the social culture.

Keywords: Sylvia Plath; Representation of gendered body; “Pursuitâ€; “Daddyâ€; Social culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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