| Abstract: |
Through an interpretation of Elfriede Jelinek the Austrian writer/activist whose essays and plays establish the basis for the following e-text the analysis shows how the selected interpretations of female consciousness in Jelinek's literary works still is very crude in its approach. This paper intends to discuss the portrayal of female subjectivity, psychological fragmentation and the suppression of the feminine self under the capitalist and patriarchal social systems in [insert book name]. This is a qualitative analytical approach based on feminist literary criticism and close textual analysis of the major novels by Jelinek; namely, The Piano Teacher (Die Klavierspielerin), Women as Lovers (Die Liebhaberinnen), and Lust. The main hypothesis suggests that by means of female consciousness, Jelinek exposes the particulars of psychological disintegration women experience under patriarchal domination and systemic exploitation, where they learn to internalize oppression. The results, show that Jelinek is, in his novels, using concrete narrative methods such as fragmented prose, satirical remarks, and descriptions of sexual acts, to reveal the potential and final loss she represents for women, as a woman, the (deffuit) thing, through sexualization followed by destruction. Kindly note that this summary has its own words with different scripts of human form: The examination exposes the fact that the female figures of Jelinek are physically living in psychological petrifaction prisons with their heads brainwashed by maternal control, economic subjugation, and sexual objectification. To sum up, Jelinek's depiction of female consciousness can be considered a radical feminist perspective, forcing readers to not ignore the uncomfortable realities of gender relations and systemic oppression in the modern world. |
