Female queer gothic and feminine monstrosity discourse. “Alma” by Izabela Filipiak
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https://doi.org/10.18778/2299-7458.04.03Keywords:
gothic, feminine monstrosity, gnosis, maternity, queer gothicAbstract
The article proposes an interpretations of Izabela Filipiak’s little-known novel Alma (2003) in the context of queer female gothic and the “feminine monstrosity” discourse inspired by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The author disagrees with Filipiak’s metathematic genological remark that the novel represents cyberpunk, while pointing to numerous points of convergence with the book “Skin Shows” by Judith Halberstam. The second part of the article analyses gnostic references in Filipiak’s novel, which is a feminist rewriting of “Hymn of the Pearl”. A separate paragraph is devoted to theoretical determination of the general relationship between the gothic and gnosis.
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