Abstract
The present paper intends to closely explore the process of identity formation in the characters of Jeanette Winterson’s novel Gut Symmetries in light of Catherine Malabou’s notions of plasticity, destructive plasticity or trauma, and trans-subjectivation. Identity as an inconsistent procedure of becoming would be intensely explicated in Gut Symmetries through the viewpoint of the characters, in particular Alice. Identity as a mere space or crack, which constantly provides the opportunity for the subject to observe himself/herself, could be introduced as Catherine Malabou’s notion of plasticity of the subjectivity or trans-subjectivation in the novel. The juxtaposition of the pliability of quantum physics and trans-subjectivity in the novel would be highlighted to emphasize that presence, time, identity, and even being could be nothing other than plasticity or ever-fluctuating matter and non-matter. Plasticity as the absolute nucleus of existence, identity, and love would be manifested as perceptible in the form of trans-subjectivity. Sadism as a form of destructive plasticity would be spotlighted as the death drive in the novel and it corroborates the plasticity of love, which could betransformed into hate. Spotlighting femininity as essenceless, Alice and Stella would be represented as the instances of femininity that is mutable and erratic.
Highlights
Accredited as one of the most noteworthy British writers, Jeanette Winterson’s works demonstrate flitting in time, deconstructing the concept of space and undoing the deterministic and bounded notion of identity
I suppose that’s what we look for when we fall in love. (“Grand Unified Theories (Gut) Symmetries”)
As a never-unyielding and ever-erratic phenomenon, identity has been explicated in Gut Symmetries through the perspectives of the characters, in particular Alice
Summary
Accredited as one of the most noteworthy British writers, Jeanette Winterson’s works demonstrate flitting in time, deconstructing the concept of space and undoing the deterministic and bounded notion of identity. Owing to her reputation as one of the most original voices of the 1980s, to her stunning style and narrative, she was named one of the 20 Best of Young British Writers by the literary magazine Granta. The core section of the study will be presented as “The Plasticity of Presence and Trans-Subjectivity” and “The Quantum Physics of the Physique: The Plasticity of Corporeality.”. The core section of the study will be presented as “The Plasticity of Presence and Trans-Subjectivity” and “The Quantum Physics of the Physique: The Plasticity of Corporeality.” the findings of the research will be addressed in the concluding section
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