Aleph
Volume 11, Numéro 7, Pages 289-300
2024-12-15

“dying Is An Art”: Sylvia Plath’s Poetics And Creativity

Authors : Rezzag Bara Raja . Saihi Hanane .

Abstract

This paper examines Sylvia Plath’s creativity in portraying taboo topics in an artistic way. In “Lady Lazarus”, she fictionalized her own suicide attempts and created a sympathetic persona to captivate the attention of the readers. Nonetheless, Plath managed to navigate through taboo topics like suicide, and she raised awareness on mental illness.

Keywords

sylvia plath ; suicide ; poetics ; mental illness ; depression ; creativity ; Lady Lazarus