EXPERIENCING THE WOMB: THE MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IN MARCONI’S COTTAGE BY MEDBH MCGUCKIAN

Resumo

The poetry of Medbh McGuckian, the Northern Irish contemporary poet, is full of mysterious and dream-like images with an unconventional signifier-signified connection. Since her themes are generally associated with the private life, psychological insights and the body of women, her poetry is mostly considered as solely feminine. The aim of this study is to unveil meanings within this body of poetry acknowledging them not as restrictive but rather universal, by analyzing the poems “Marconi’s Cottage”, “The Unplayed Rosalind” and “On Her Second Birthday”, from the collection Marconi’s Cottage (1992). . The main focus is on the mother-child representation during the intra-uterine period, concentrating on the experience of the womb which is generally neglected by critical analyses, leading to the misunderstanding of McGuckian’s poetry.

Palavras-chave: Medbh McGuckian. Poetry. Female asthetics. Womb.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18305/1679-5520/scripta.uniandrade.v13n2p67-80