THE POETICS IN THE NOVELS OF MARGE PIERCY
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Marge Piercy, poetics, feminist utopia, dystopia, cyborg, posthumanism, identity, technologyAbstract
This thesis analyzes the poetics in the novels of Marge Piercy, with particular attention to how her literary strategies intertwine technology, identity, and social critique. Focusing on He, She and It (1991) and Woman on the Edge of Time (1976), the study explores Piercy’s engagement with feminist, utopian, and dystopian traditions, as well as her use of cyborg figures as poetic metaphors that destabilize conventional boundaries between human and machine. By situating Piercy’s work within the frameworks of feminist theory and posthuman discourse, the article demonstrates that her poetics illuminate both the liberatory and the coercive potentials of technological mediation in modern society.
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