WOMEN’ S B ODIE S I N N E IL G AIM A N’ S T A R DU S T: A JU L IA K RIST E VA N AN ALYS IS

Abstract

This re se a r c h

discusse s a bout wome n’ s bodies in Ne il

Ga im a n’

Star dust .

W omen’ s bodies in

Sta rdust

a re

c onst ruc ted a s

se c ond c lass . I t is int e re sti ng

to a na l y z e

the nove l be c a u se

wome n’ s bodies

that ha ve

be e n e x c luded in pa triar c ha l

powe r someti mes unc on sc iousl y

a r e

a ble to dis turb

the he g e mon y

of

pa triar c h y .

The re fo re

thi s re se a rc h i s c onduc ted unde r two que sti ons, fir st how wom e n' s bodies

ha ve

be e n e x c luded a nd

oppre ssed b y

pa tri a rc h a l powe r, a nd se c ond, t his re se a r c h e voke s the inconsist e nc y

a nd the log ica l mi stake s of

the tex t

in re pr e se nti ng

wome n’ s bodies

in masc uli ne

wr it i ng . T o e x plore

th e

pa ra d ox e s a nd inconsist e nc y

i n the tex t is the de pa rting point

to d e c onst ruc t wome n’ s bod ies in

Stard ust .

T his the n re se a rc h

uses J ul ia Kr ist e va ’s the or y

be c a us e

he r theor y

is usef ul to o f f e r

a

ce nt r al

p l a ce

f o r

dev el opi ng

t he f em i ni ne su b j ec t

in

ps y c ho a na l y sis

t hr oug h

lan g ua ge . K riste va ’s theo r y

c a n b e

used

to

tra c e

fe mi nine side

throu g h

de mol ishi ng

p a triar c h a l pe rspe c ti ve

in the

nove l .

The re

a re

thre e

c ritica l to ols

fr om J u li a

Kr ist e va

take n

to a rr a n ge

the method of

a na l y sis

the tex t;

the

s y mbol ic, the se mi ot ic a nd the a bjec t. The

s y mbol i c

c onsi sts

of

‘s y ntax ’ a nd ‘a ll

li ng ui sti c

c a teg o rie s’. Tha t is, the s y mbol ic is the struc ture

or

g r a mm a r that g ov e rns the wa y s in whic h

s y mbol s c a n re fe r.

B e sides, it

is a n oe dipaliz e d s y stem, re g u late d b y

se c onda r y

pr oc e sses a nd the

L a w

o f the F a ther .

B y

using

these

c ritica l mea ns , it

is found

the c onc e pt of

wome n ’s bodies in the tex t

dwe ll e d on masc uli ne

lang u a g e . S e c ond, t he

s e mi oti c

or

of ten known a s se mi o ti c

c hora

is the wa y

throu g h

whic h bodil y

e ne r g y

a n d a ff e c ts c ome int o langua ge

a nd it

include s both the dr ives a nd the a rticula ti ons of

t he

subj e c t. I t is de rive d f rom the pr e Oe dipal

sta g e

a nd

is

a s socia ted

wit h

the

fe mi nine

a nd

the

mate rna l .

T his

se c ond

a na l y sis

shows

th e

inco nsis tenc y

a nd

the

lo g ic a l

mi stake s

in

re pr e se nti n g

wome n ’s

bodies

to

fa il

the

he ge mon y

of

pa tria rc ha l

pow e r

in

Stard ust .

The

last

is

the

Abje c t,

thus

pr oc e ss

c re a tes

bou nda rie s

be twe e n

se lf

a nd

other

that

must

be

in

pl a c e

be for e

the

e ntra n c e

int o

lan g ua ge .

The

a na l y sis

of

nove l

ba se d

on

th e se

thr e e

tool s

finds

the

other

se lf

withi n

pr oc e ss

to

ga in

subj e c ti vit y .

The re for e ,

thi s

r e se a rc h

is

b e ne fic ial

to

g e t

c ompre he nsion

a bout women’ s re p re ssi on

thro ug h li ter a r y

wor k.