Finding a Feminine Space in Alejandra Pizarnik's “La Condesa Sangrienta” and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar

• Susan Savage Lee ^[1]
  1. [1] Jefferson County Community College and Technical College
• Localización: REGS: Revista de estudios de género y sexualidades = Journal of gender and sexuality studies, ISSN-e 2637-997X, ISSN 2637-9961, Vol. 50, Nº. 1-2, 2024, págs. 103-129
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Both Alejandra Pizarnik in “La Condesa Sangrienta” and Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar examine gender roles, female sexuality, and mental illness. The comparison of these works reveals that the limits imposed on modern women writers explain their thematic choices. Both Pizarnik and Plath use literature to create a feminine space that constantly evolves, yet it is continually beset with challenges that force women into static definitions of themselves. Because Pizarnik and Plath experienced a lack of a feminine space in their personal lives, they explore how societies stifled women and what this meant for their female protagonists