Abjection and Sexually Specific Violence in Doris Lessing’s The Cleft

The article applies selected concepts from the writings of Julia Kristeva to the analysis of a novel by Doris Lessing entitled The Cleft. Published in 2007, The Cleft depicts the origin of sexual difference in the human species. Its emergence is fraught with anxiety and sexually specific violence, a...

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Main Author: Dorota Filipczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2014-11-01
Series:Text Matters
Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/6439

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