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The body and the construction of an identity in Michel Faber's "Under the Skin"

Christina Haupt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

28 Seiten

2019 | 19001 A. 1. Auflage
GRIN Verlag
978-3-668-90916-8 (ISBN)

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2018 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,30, University of Passau (Department of English Literature and Culture), course: Adapting Scotland, language: English, abstract: With his novel "Under the Skin" Michael Faber addresses the limitations of society and identity, which are typical themes of modern Scottish arts as well as the Scottish mentality. In Faber's novel the protagonist Isserley is caught in a constant struggle of defining herself. In which way is Isserley's process of constructing an identity problematical?Being a hybrid result of surgery, Isserley shares similarities and differences with more than one species. This inevitably influences her perception of herself and others. The process of shaping her identity based on appearance is characterised by continual constructions and deconstructions in which the murky demarcations between bodies prove to be an additional difficulty.Assuming that body and identity are mutually generative and that an identity is thus partly constructed through the body, this paper firstly explores the 'natural' body of Isserley's species as a lost marker for identification. Secondly, the body of the non-human animal is brought into discussion due to its familiarity. Thirdly, there will be a focus on the vodsel-body as a source of inner conflict for Isserley with regard to the issue of gender in relation to animals. After analysing the linguistic development in the protagonist's construction of an identity, the paper takes a closer look at the final scene.

Christina Patricia Haupt26.07.1995 Landshut, GermanyHOMEPAGEhttps://christina-haupt.jimdo.com/EDUCATIONM.A. "European Studies", Passau University, Germany Since 10. 2017 Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary 02. - 06.2018 B.A. "European Studies", Passau University, Germany 10. 2014-09.2017University College Cork, Ireland 08. - 12. 2016Graduation from High School 06. 2014 OCCUPATIONS (selected)Tutor at the chair of Art History and Pictorial ScienceAdvisor at "PIN.occhio", PIN.Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e.V.Workshop assistant at "Kinder können Kunst...", Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Die PinakothekenTrainee at the Department of Cultural Education at the State Collections of Antiquities and the Glyptothek, Munich 7.-8.2019Curator of the exhibition "Debüt für die Kunst" in the Museum of Modern Art, Passau 6.-9.2017LANGUAGESEnglish C2 Spanish B2 French A2 Italian A2 Hungarian A1 LatinCONTACTchrissie.haupt@web.de

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	56 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
Schlagworte	Alien • animal • animal rights • AnimalRights • Body • Disembodiment • Englishstudies • English Studies • Gender • Identity • meat industry • Meatindustry • Michel Faber • MichelFaber • Scotland • Scottishliterature • Scottish Literature • Undertheskin • Under the Skin
ISBN-10	3-668-90916-4 / 3668909164
ISBN-13	978-3-668-90916-8 / 9783668909168
Zustand	Neuware