LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 7 July 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Plath Myth: A Critical Analysis

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Debata

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In this paper my aim is to analyse the Plath myth which has become a matter of much controversy. Though it often seems impossible to separate our reading of Sylvia Plath‘s texts from our fascination with Plath myth, it does not seem possible to separate her voice from those who have spoken for her in memoirs, biographies and editorial commentaries. This so-called "Plath myth" is primarily a result of the merging of Plath's life and work. Although this is a common phenomenon - breaking down the barrier between a writer's lived experiences and creative product - the buzz surrounding Plath is particularly loud and anxious.

Keywords: Avatar, Elision, Magnum Opus, Mythologized, Signifier.

A True Embodiment of American Myth

Sylvia Plath, a true embodiment of American myth, is a controversial poet and novelist of mid-20th century America. The mythological analysis of her characters appears to be fitting in the context of her major works. Her pains and penalties, sorrows and sufferings, trials and tribulation are quite prominent in her poems and novels. Gilbert is of the view that, “The Plath myth began with an initiation rite described in the pages of Seventeen, and continued with the introduction to the fashionable world of Mademoiselle that is examined in The Bell Jar, and with the publication of persistently symmetrical poems, and the marriage in a foreign country and the birth of the babies, to the final flight of Ariel and the denouement in the oven and all the rest” (Gilbert).

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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Debata, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Head of the Department of English
Kalinga Polytechnic
KIIT University
Bhubaneswar 751024
Odisha
India
debatapradeep@yahoo.com
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