Fragmentace identity v díle Sylvie Plathové: (Ne)možnost úniku ze skleněného zvonu

Urbanová, Aneta

This bachelor thesis deals with the theme of women's identity crisis in Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar and the selected poems from her late poetry collection Ariel, focusing predominantly on the portrayal of lost and fragmented identity. It establishes Plath's work within the context of her time and argues that the depicted issue of fragmentation does not merely concern a crisis of the individual, rather, it reflects a general sentiment shared by women in the Cold War Era. The objective of the thesis is to determine some of the principal causes of identity disintegration and show its detrimental impact on women's psyche. The analysis further aims to unfold the ways in which Plath's work offers an escape from the inner turmoil, and thus identify the potential resolution to the identity crisis. The thesis is divided into three separate chapters followed by a conclusion. The introductory chapter provides a general overview of the Cold War era, focusing on the changing political and socio-cultural situation of the 1950s and its role in the disintegration of women's identity. The overall purpose of the chapter is to demonstrate how the identity crisis presented in Plath's work mirrors the life experience of women in the Cold War era. It attempts to outline the oppressive nature of the post-war...

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