Communications in Humanities Research ISSN: 2753-7072
Home> Volumes> Volume CHR Vol.2> Article
Research Article

Analysis of the Death in Ariel from the Perspective of Pastiche

Yunlin ZhuSchool of Translation Studies, Shandong University, 180 Wenhuaxi Road, Weihai, Shandong, China*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

As the posthumous work of Sylvia Plath, the American confessional poetess, Ariel plays an important role in the study of Plath's poetry creation, and death, as the most common theme in Plath's poetry, has been criticized and studied by many scholars. Yet people focus more on what caused Plath to write about the subject. Few studies have explored how Plath wrote about death. Based on Jameson's theory of pastiche, this paper discusses Plath's use of pastiche, the contribution pastiche made to the description of the theme of death and Plath's view of death. Pastiche breaks the limits of time, space and ideology in a retro way enabling Plath to construct "facts" from her vague memories and allowed her to express more freely her views on death, namely art, self-defense and redemption. Hope this paper could enrich people's understanding of pastiche theory and of the role pastiche plays in the postmodern theories.

Keywords: Pastiche; Ariel; Sylvia Plath; Death
Published: February 28, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2/2022617
Volume: CHR Vol.2
pp. 540-545
Download PDF

References

  1. Jameson, F., (1988) Theories of the Postmodernism. The Cultural Turn. Verso,London. 4-5
  2. Hoesterey, I., (1995). POSTMODERN PASTICHE: A CRITICAL AESTHETIC. The Centennial Review, 39(3), 493–510. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23739359
  3. Jameson, F., (1988) Theories of the Postmodernism. The Cultural Turn. Verso,London. 4-5
  4. Nyqvist, S., (2010) Double-Edged Imitation Theories and Practices of Pastiche in Literature. Nord Print Oy, Helsinki.
  5. Plath, S. (2008) The collected poems (edited by Ted Hughes). https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The+Collected+Poems&author=Plath+Sylvia&author=Hughes+Ted&publication+year=1981.
  6. Plath, S. (2008) The collected poems (edited by Ted Hughes). https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The+Collected+Poems&author=Plath+Sylvia&author=Hughes+Ted&publication+year=1981
  7. Strangeways, A., & Plath, S. (1996)." The boot in the face": the problem of the Holocaust in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Contemporary Literature, 37(3), 370-390.
  8. Plath, S. (2008) The collected poems (edited by Ted Hughes). https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The+Collected+Poems&author=Plath+Sylvia&author=Hughes+Ted&publication+year=1981
  9. BRITZOLAKIS, C. ,(1999)Sylvia Plath and the Theatre of Mourning. Oxford, Oxford.18.
  10. Yan,X.L.,(2014)Aesthetics on Death. China Social Sciences Press,Beijing.
  11. Heidegger, M.,(2014)What is Metaphysics? Siavash Jamadi Translation. Phoenix Publishing, Phoenix.319
  12. Plath, S.,(2007) Ariel: The Restored Edition.Faber&Faber,London.16.
  13. Mohammad, G. A. (2019). VIOLENCE IN SYLVIA PLATH'S POEMS" LADY LAZARUS" AND" DADDY. International Journal of Language Academy, 7(28), 497-510.
  14. Plath, S., (2007) Ariel: The Restored Edition.Faber&Faber, London.34.
  15. Plath, S., (2007) Ariel: The Restored Edition.Faber&Faber, London.27.
  16. Plath, S. (2008) The collected poems (edited by Ted Hughes). https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The+Collected+Poems&author=Plath+Sylvia&author=Hughes+Ted&publication+year=1981.