A Case Study of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Janet Frame's Faces in the Water
A case study of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Janet Frame's Faces in the Water by Tomasz Fisiak is published in "Feminist Auto/biography as a Means of Empowering Women." 183-197 were published in Text Matters-A Journal of Literature, Theory, and Culture 1.1 (2011).
In the 2011 essay "Feminist Auto/biography as a Means of Empowering Women: A Case Study of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and Janet Frame's Faces in the Water,"
which appeared in the Journal of Literature, Theory, and Culture, volume 1, issue1, the author examines how these two works empower women. Tomasz Fisiak asserts that text – different types of genre of writing including writing poems and novels, among others – can empower women and support their effort to realize free expression, equality, and intellectual emancipation in the world dominated by masculine propaganda. The author develops this claim by analyzing the two specific novels The Bell Jar and Faces in the Water authored by Plath and Janet, respectively. Fisiak adopts an auto/biography perspective in exploring the texts. The author seeks to analyze the two texts in the attempt to understand how they are compatible with the concept of feminist auto/biography, a term that Liz Stanley has covered comprehensively. The specific focus of this article indicates that Fisiak is speaking to feminist scholars.
This article, particularly the investigation of Plath’s novel, is very relevant to the topic of research because it presents a reliable and objective analysis of the auto/biography of the author. Also, it has important themes, such as feminism and women empowerment, which inform my comparison and contrast of the life of Greenwood and Sylvia Path. I utilize Sylvia’s auto/biography in developing my thesis.
Seeing through the Bell Jar: Investigating Linguistic Patterns of Psychological Disorder
Hunt, Daniel, and Ronald Carter. "Seeing through the bell jar: Investigating linguistic patterns of psychological disorder." Journal of Medical Humanities 33.1 (2012): 27-39.
In the article “Seeing through the bell jar: Investigating linguistic patterns of psychological disorder” (2012), published in the Journal of Medical Humanities, volume 33, issue 1, Hunt Daniel and Ronald Carter hold that illness narratives and their analysis are not only a means of presenting challenging personal experiences, but also can enhance awareness of the lives and situations of patients. The authors build this argument on the analysis of Sylvia Plath’s fictional narrative. The aim of this article is to outline a novel technique for analyzing the discourse of illness narrative. Given the linguistic exploration and health focus, the authors are speaking to students and researchers of illness narratives.
This article presents an effective approach for conveying difficult personal experiences. In addition to the valuable and unbiased insights the authors offer on the life of Greenwood and Sylvia Plath, the article presents a way I consider to increase my understanding of the life of Greenwood and Plath – becoming sensitized to the linguistic texture of the narrative.
Not the Mad Woman in the Attic but the Cultural Critique: Understanding the Organic Writing of Sylvia Plath through the Bell Jar
Kumlu, Esin. "Not the Mad Woman in the Attic but the Cultural critique: Understanding the Organic Writing of Sylvia Plath through the Bell Jar." Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences 14.2 (2010): 133-145.
In the article “Not the Mad Woman in the Attic but the Cultural critique: Understanding the Organic Writing of Sylvia Plath through the Bell Jar” (2010), Kumlu Esin believes that the majority of Plath scholars have ignored her organic form of writing. According to Esin, many people have read Plath’s distinct organic writing under the biased understanding of the the auto/biography of the writer, which has been narrated several time by different Plath’s scholars despite the writer accomplishing and maintaining a distinct and evolving style not only on poetry, but in prose, as well. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Plath’s unique literary style that has been assumed by the majority of her scholars. The emphatic tone exhibited in the author tone reveals that the Plath’s scholars are the primary target audience of this article.
Although this article focuses most on Plath’s writing style, this study objectively defines the psychotic life of Greenwood in The Bell Jar and major themes in Plath’s life, such as destruction, psychosis, anger, and fear. Although it adopts a cultural critique approach, this article just like other sources in this bibliography, focuses on the major themes in the author’s psychological case, including psychopathology, schizophrenia disorder, and becoming mad. I seek to incorporate some of these key terms in comparing and contrasting the life of Greenwood and Plath.
"The Feeding of Young Women": Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, Mademoiselle Magazine, and the Domestic Ideal
Smith, Caroline J. "" The Feeding of young women": Sylvia Plath's the Bell Jar, Mademoiselle Magazine, and the domestic ideal." College Literature 37.4 (2010): 1-22.
In her article “The Feeding of Young Women: Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Mademoiselle Magazine, and the Domestic Ideal” (2010), published in College Literature, volume 37, number 4, Fall 2010, Caroline Smith, argues that 1950s consumer culture plays a significant role in Esther’s metaphorical starvation. The assistant professor at the George Washington University asserts that although the consumer culture witnessed throughout this period served as an encouragement for women to break the private walls of the home, it still limited such alternatives by failing to encourage the women to navigate that sphere at the same time. The author develops this thesis through the analysis of the article “The Feeding of Young Women” and the review of the advertisements in 1953 editions of Mademoiselle. Particularly, Plath focuses on the passages in the Bell Jar, which covered the eating and housekeeping habits that Esther exhibited. The purpose of this article is to examine the particular interaction and connection between Plath’s novel and the 1953 publications and concentrates on the Mademoiselle magazine. Considering the author’s assertive tone and comprehensive analysis of the articles, the writer is speaking to the audience of past consumer culture researchers and women.
This article is helpful to the current research because it focuses on magazines published in 1953 a period in which Plath’s novel happened. This focus helps the author to provide reliable information from which I can identify several differences and similarities in the life of Greenwood in “The Bell Jar” and its author Sylvia Plath. The way in which Plath utilizes important periods of eating in The Bell Jar shapes my perception of Plath’s sense of self.
The Bell Jar: A Psychological Case Study
Tsank, Stephanie. "The Bell Jar: A Psychological Case Study." Plath Profiles: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Sylvia Plath Studies 3 (2010): 166-177.
In the article “The Bell Jar: A Psychological Case Study” (2010), published in the Journal of Sylvia Plath Studies, volume 3, Tsank Stephanie claims that although it is simple to characterize The Bell Jar when perceived as an isolated case, the symbolic meaning underlying the case is slightly more obscured. The scholar develops this assertion through a psychological case study of The Bell Jar. The purpose of this paper is to profile the life of Esther Greenwood and Sylvia Plath in an attempt to shade more light on the obscured symbolic meaning of the case. The critical approach the author adopts depicts Plath’s scholars as the audience.
This source provides useful perspectives from which the life of Greenwood in The Bell Jar and its Sylvia Plath can be interpreted. The objective analysis of the underling meaning of The Bell Jar case helps me to identify and understand significant similarities and differences between Greenwood and Plath. The author challenges the reader to view the heroine in this case beyond the social constraints of the 1950s and to recognize that the series of events with the Bell Jar are entrenched in Greenwood’s personal psychotic problem. Just like other sources in this bibliography, Tsank illuminate the psychotic life lives of these two individuals.
