Author/Authors :
ERKAN, Ayça Ülker Celal Bayar Üniversitesi - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
An Ecofeminist Approach to Adrienne Rich’s Poem “Diving into the Wreck”
Abstract :
This study examines Adrienne Rich’s poem “Diving into the Wreck” (1973) through ecofeminist criticism. Rich’s ecopoetry questions assumptions about feminine subjectivity and female consciousness, patriarchal abuse, and indifference regarding women. With the androgynous persona in the poem “I”, Rich moves beyond the limits of gender and sexes to give room to form female subjectivity. Persona in the poem starts to explore and express her feminine identity and sexuality by figuratively “diving” into a wreck and exploring an underwater world. The persona escapes to nature, because both nature and women are exploited by dominant destructive forces.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Ecofeminism , Diving , Femininity , Androgyny
JournalTitle :
Gazi University Journal Of Gazi Educational Faculty
