THE POETICS IN THE NOVELS OF PAT CADIGAN

Abstract

This article examines the poetics in the novels of Pat Cadigan, focusing on how her experimental style, fragmented narrative structures, and metaphorical language reflect the collapse of boundaries between human and machine in cyberpunk fiction. Through close readings of Mindplayers, Synners, and Fools, the study highlights Cadigan’s engagement with subjectivity, embodiment, and technological mediation. It argues that Cadigan’s poetics not only anticipate contemporary debates about digital culture and identity but also resonate with feminist and posthuman theories of hybridity and cyborg existence.