La escritora monstruosa: Anaïs Nin y la identidad creativa de la mujer

• Rodríguez Pintado, Irene ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Murcia

     Universidad de Murcia

     Murcia, España

     
• Localización: Estudios humanísticos. Filología, ISSN-e 2444-023X, ISSN 0213-1382, Nº 43, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Aproximaciones a lo monstruoso y lo femenino: de lo "humano" a lo "posthumano"), págs. 71-85
• Idioma: español
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  • The monstrous writer: Anaïs Nin on female creative identity
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    El objetivo principal de este artículo es determinar las conexiones que Anaïs Nin hace entre la intelectualidad, la creatividad y la monstruosidad en la mujer en el volumen de su diario Henry and June (2001). A través de las figuras de June Miller y Anaïs Nin, se puede ver la conexión cultural que existe en el siglo XX entre la creación y la masculinidad, la cual enrarece la creación femenina hasta considerarla monstruosa. Para alcanzar este objetivo, Henry and June (2001) será analizado junto con trabajos teóricos sobre la contraposición cultural entre la identidad femenina y la creación literaria (Gilbert y Gubar 1979; Gilbert y Gubar 1988; y Showalter 1985), así como sobre la monstruosidad femenina (Creed 1986; Kristeva 1982). Para concluir, el artículo ilustrará cómo la creatividad literaria ha estado culturalmente asociada con la masculinidad, condenando a la escritora a una identidad ambigua y, por tanto, monstruosa. This paper aims at showing the connections Anaïs Nin establishes between intellectuality, creativity, and monstrosity in women throughout the Henry and June volume of her diary (2001). Through June Miller and Anaïs Nin, a cultural connection between creativity and masculinity which estranges female creation to the point of considering it to be monstrous, can be seen in the 20th century. To achieve this objective, Henry and June (2001) will be analysed along with other theoretical works on the cultural opposition between female identity and literary creation (Gilbert and Gubar 1979; Gilbert and Gubar 1988; and Showalter 1985) as well as works on feminine monstrosity (Creed 1986; Kristeva 1982). Finally, this paper will illustrate how literary creativity has been culturally associated to the concept of masculinity and, therefore, has condemned the female writer to an ambiguous and, consequently, monstrous identity.

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    This paper aims at showing the connections Anaïs Nin establishes between intellectuality, creativity, and monstrosity in women throughout the Henry and June volume of her diary (2001). Through June Miller and Anaïs Nin, a cultural connection between creativity and masculinity which estranges female creation to the point of considering it to be monstrous can be seen in the 20th century. To achieve this objective, Henry and June (2001) will be analysed along with other theoretical works on the cultural opposition between female identity and literary creation (Gilbert and Gubar 1979; Gilbert and Gubar 1988; and Showalter 1985) as well as works on feminine monstrosity (Creed 1986; Kristeva 1982). Finally, this paper will illustrate how literary creativity has been culturally associated to the concept of masculinity and, therefore, has condemned the female writer to an ambiguous and, consequently, monstrous identity.