Analysis of Death and The Maiden by Elfriede Jelinek from The Prospective of Gender Poetics

Xiaoyan Sheng

《International Journal of Social Science and Education Research》 4卷10期 (2021/10) Pp. 558-563

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202110_4(10).0087

摘要

Feminist literary criticism began in the 1960s. Till now, the research has entered its third stage. As a major theory put forward in this stage, ＂gender poetics＂ has been widely recognized by litterateurs for being more objective and theoretical than traditional feminist literary criticism. This paper selects Death and the Maiden, a mini collection of plays written by Elfriede Jelinek as the research object. Some scholars define Jelinek as an ＂extreme feminist writer＂, but this conclusion is not accurate. Therefore, from the perspective of ＂gender poetics＂, this paper will deeply analyze this work to prove that the theme of Death and the Maiden has surpassed the traditional feminism to reach the height of gender poetics.

關鍵字

Elfriede Jelinek ； Death and The Maiden ； Gender poetics

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