The Monstrous Mother

可怕的母亲

• 批准号: 2446080
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2446080
• 关键词: Monstrous; Mother

This project is a creative/critical approach to understanding the 'monstrous mother.' The creative element (80%) will be a hybrid form that blends fiction, poetry and non-fiction to create a book length lyric essay. The story will be centred around a new mother, trying to reconcile her role - what it means for and about her body - and re-examining her relationship with her mother.Influenced by the work of Maggie Nelson and Anne Carson, my essay-poem will interweave stories of 'monstrosity' and 'madness,' questioning Marina Warner's claim that if, 'monsters are made, not given, they can be unmade, too' (Warner, Six Myths of our Time, 1994). I aim to explore maternal subjectivities and what it means to be a 'good' and 'bad' mother in the twenty first century. The research will be interdisciplinary, encompassing medical humanities, literature, psychoanalysis, and contemporary culture. Both aspects of my project will be creative and critical, however 20% of my project will be a series of creative essays exploring the figure of the 'monstrous mother' in myth, history and literature. I have already conducted research in this field. My MA dissertation was a series of lyric essays responding to Sara Coleridge's life and work. I used archival material: Sara Coleridge's essays and diaries (held at the Harry Ramson Research Centre in Texas). My research involved the literary recovery of a marginalised Romantic poet, editor and essayist; it explored her experience of motherhood, post-natal depression and addiction. My essays were a blend of memoir, literary criticism and biography that explored how the nineteenth century experience of motherhood translates into the twenty-first century. The creative element of my dissertation was awarded 80% and extracts have been published in the journal Empty Mirror. I was awarded a first-class degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick in 2003. I completed a PGCE in 2004 and had a career as an English teacher before I took a break to become a mother. I began my MA at The University of Nottingham in 2018. I have already completed 160 credits of my MA, with an average mark of 76%. I am due to complete the final 20 credits of my MA at the end of January 2020 and am on course to obtain a distinction. My writing has appeared in, or is forthcoming in, journals including: Litro, Ink Sweat and Tears, The Moth, Marble and Stand

这个项目是一个创造性/批判性的方法来理解'可怕的母亲。“创作元素（80%）将是一种混合形式，融合小说，诗歌和非小说，创造一本书长度的抒情散文。这个故事将围绕一位新妈妈展开，她试图调和自己的角色--这对她的身体意味着什么，以及对她身体的意义--并重新审视她与母亲的关系。受玛吉·纳尔逊（Maggie Nelson）和安妮·卡森（Anne Carson）作品的影响，我的散文诗将把“怪物”和“疯狂”的故事交织在一起，质疑玛丽娜·华纳（Marina Warner）的说法，即如果“怪物是造出来的，而不是被赐予的，它们也可以被消灭”（Warner，Six Myths of Our Time，1994）我的目标是探索母亲的主体性和它意味着什么是一个“好”和“坏”的母亲在二十一世纪。该研究将是跨学科的，包括医学人文，文学，精神分析和当代文化。我的项目的两个方面都将是创造性和批判性的，但是我的项目的20%将是一系列探索神话，历史和文学中的“怪物母亲”形象的创造性文章。我已经在这个领域进行了研究。我的硕士论文是一系列抒情散文，回应了萨拉·柯勒律治的生活和工作。我使用了档案材料：萨拉·柯勒律治的散文和日记（保存在德克萨斯州的哈里·拉姆森研究中心）。我的研究涉及一个边缘化的浪漫主义诗人，编辑和散文家的文学恢复;它探讨了她的母亲，产后抑郁症和成瘾的经验。我的文章融合了回忆录、文学评论和传记，探讨了世纪的母亲经历如何转化为21世纪的世纪。我的论文的创造性元素被授予80%，摘录已发表在杂志上空镜。2003年，我获得了沃里克大学英国文学和创意写作的一等学位。我在2004年完成了PGCE，在我休息成为一名母亲之前，我的职业是英语教师。我于2018年开始在诺丁汉大学攻读硕士学位。我已经完成了160学分的硕士学位，平均分为76%。我将在2020年1月底完成我的MA的最后20个学分，并在课程上获得区别。我的作品已经出现在，或即将在，期刊包括：Litro，墨水汗水和眼泪，飞蛾，大理石和立场