BEYOND THE IDEALISED MATERNAL BOND: REDEFINING THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP IN THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE AND THE LAMBS OF LONDON

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 291 – 302, 30.06.2024

Sena Teber

https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1472616

Öz

Julia Kristeva, bireyin öznelliğinin oluşumunda annelik bağının önemli bir rol oynadığını ileri sürer. Çocuğun kendi kimliğini oluşturmak için annesinden ayrıldığında, iğrenme sürecinden geçtiğini iddia eder. Anneden ayrılığın bir sonucu olarak, dilin göstergebilimsel yönü ile ilişkili tüm insan arzuları, korkuları, güvensizlikleri ve yaratıcılık duygusu ön plana çıkmaktadır. Kristeva semiyotik kısmı bilinçdışıyla ilişkilendirirken, sembolik kısım tamamen nesnelerin, mantığın ve düzenin dil aracılığıyla uygun şekilde temsil edilmesiyle ilgilidir. Böylece sembolik alan, arzularımızı, dürtülerimizi ve duygularımızı dengeleme işlevi görür ve öznenin dürtülerini dil aracılığıyla babanın ve toplumun yasalarına göre filtrelenmiş bir şekilde ifade etmesine yardımcı olur. Ancak çocuk sembolik düzene giremezse; ya da anneden kurtulamazsa içsel ve zihinsel mücadeleler yaşayabilir. Yıllar geçse de ruhundaki kalıntılar bireyi rahatsız etmeye devam eder. Bu bakımdan bu çalışma, Leenane’nin Güzellik Kraliçesi ve Londra’nın Kuzuları adlı eserlerde canlandırılan, hâlâ iğrenme sürecinde olan ve simgesel düzene giremeyen iki kız çocuğunun durumunu yansıtacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

öznellik, semiyotik, iğrençlik, Kristeva, annelik

Kaynakça

• Ackroyd, P. (2005). The Lambs of London. London: Vintage.
• Alarcos, M.P.B. (2010). “Motherhood and Abjection in Peter”, ES, 31. 29-43.
• Chalupsky, P. (2012). “When William Met Mary: The Rewriting of Mary Lamb’s And William-Henry Ireland’s Stories In Peter Ackroyd’s The Lambs of London”. Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 47 (4), 177-195. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-012-0018-4
• Golban, T. (2022). “The Grotesque Atrides in Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane”. Humanitas, 10 (20), 183-205. https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1140454
• Kristeva, J. (1941). Revolution in Poetic Language. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Kristeva, J. (1982). Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Kristeva, J. (1987). Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Leckrone, M. B. (2005). Julia Kristeva and Literary Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• McDonagh, M. (1996). The Beauty Queen of Leenane. London: Methuen Drama.
• Morrison, C. S. (2010). “Bread and Butter to Boiling Oil: From Wilde’s Afternoon Tea to The Beauty Queen of Leenane”. New Hibernia Review, 14 (3), 106-120.
• Oliver, K. (1993). “Julia Kristeva's Feminist Revolutions”. Hypatia, 8(3), 94-114.
• Oliver, K. (1991). “Review: Kristeva's Imaginary Father and the Crisis in the Paternal Function”. Diacritics, 21 (2/3), 43-63.
• Pena, E. D. L. (2022). “No angels in the house in Martin McDonagh’s The beauty queen of Leenane and Eimear McBride’s A girl is a half-formed thing”. Revista Internacional de Culturas y Literaturas, 25, 283-296.
• Russel, R. R. (2007). Martin McDonagh: A Casebook. New York: Routledge.
• Tyler, I. (2009). “Against Abjection”. Feminist Theory, 10 (1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700108100393
• Widasky, R. (2014). “Julia Kristeva’s Psychoanalytic Work”. American Psychoanalytic Association, 61 (1), 6-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003065113520041

BEYOND THE IDEALISED MATERNAL BOND: REDEFINING THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP IN THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE AND THE LAMBS OF LONDON

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 291 – 302, 30.06.2024

Sena Teber

https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1472616

Öz

Julia Kristeva asserts that maternal bond plays a significant role in the formation of an individual’s subjectivity. She claims that when the child gets separated from the mother to form its own identity, it goes through the process of abjection. As a result of this separation from the (m)other, all human desires, fears, insecurities, and sense of creativity associated with the semiotic aspect of language come to the fore. Kristeva relates the semiotic part to the unconscious, while the symbolic is all about properly representing objects, logic, and order through language. Thus, the symbolic realm functions to balance our desires, drives, and feelings and helps the subject to express its drives through language, yet in a filtered way according to the laws of the father and society. However, if the child cannot enter the symbolic order; or cannot liberate itself from the mother, it may have inner and mental struggles. Even though years pass, the remnants in the psyche continue to disturb the individual. In this respect, this study will reflect the condition of two daughters portrayed in The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lambs of London who are still in the process of abjection and incapable of entering the symbolic order.

Anahtar Kelimeler

subjectivity, semiotic, abjection, Kristeva, motherhood

Kaynakça

• Ackroyd, P. (2005). The Lambs of London. London: Vintage.
• Alarcos, M.P.B. (2010). “Motherhood and Abjection in Peter”, ES, 31. 29-43.
• Chalupsky, P. (2012). “When William Met Mary: The Rewriting of Mary Lamb’s And William-Henry Ireland’s Stories In Peter Ackroyd’s The Lambs of London”. Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 47 (4), 177-195. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-012-0018-4
• Golban, T. (2022). “The Grotesque Atrides in Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane”. Humanitas, 10 (20), 183-205. https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.1140454
• Kristeva, J. (1941). Revolution in Poetic Language. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Kristeva, J. (1982). Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Kristeva, J. (1987). Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Leckrone, M. B. (2005). Julia Kristeva and Literary Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• McDonagh, M. (1996). The Beauty Queen of Leenane. London: Methuen Drama.
• Morrison, C. S. (2010). “Bread and Butter to Boiling Oil: From Wilde’s Afternoon Tea to The Beauty Queen of Leenane”. New Hibernia Review, 14 (3), 106-120.
• Oliver, K. (1993). “Julia Kristeva's Feminist Revolutions”. Hypatia, 8(3), 94-114.
• Oliver, K. (1991). “Review: Kristeva's Imaginary Father and the Crisis in the Paternal Function”. Diacritics, 21 (2/3), 43-63.
• Pena, E. D. L. (2022). “No angels in the house in Martin McDonagh’s The beauty queen of Leenane and Eimear McBride’s A girl is a half-formed thing”. Revista Internacional de Culturas y Literaturas, 25, 283-296.
• Russel, R. R. (2007). Martin McDonagh: A Casebook. New York: Routledge.
• Tyler, I. (2009). “Against Abjection”. Feminist Theory, 10 (1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700108100393
• Widasky, R. (2014). “Julia Kristeva’s Psychoanalytic Work”. American Psychoanalytic Association, 61 (1), 6-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003065113520041

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