Dismemberment of Kathleen's Psyche in Joyce Carol Oates's 'The Rise of Life on Earth' release_cf5rai5ilfhcbcjca7e7xmn6ii

by Dr Tamilmani K T, Given Names Deactivated Family Name Deactivated

Published in English Studies at NBU by New Bulgarian University.

2021   p227-244

Abstract

Postmodern literary texts have been exploring characters that are whimsically strange. The tacit plots in the postmodern textual space enable the writers to construct and manifest the mental space of the characters in the textual world. The Rise of Life on Earth written by Joyce Carol Oates concocts the emotional estrangement of the protagonist, Kathleen Hennessy. Decrypting the text amplifies the unabating efforts of Kathleen to survive in a world that has been portrayed as a larger, repressive and pernicious family. Her masquerade to be a shy, passive and well-behaved girl hides the menacing vengeance that has culminated as a result of abuses and afflictions. Her mental spaces are constructed during the course of narration. This paper purports to scrutinize the fragmented psyche of Kathleen and the conceptual integration of mental space and textual space that replicates both social and individualistic reality and expands the understanding of Oates' text.
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