»Moj pošastni potomec«: reproduciranje Drugega reprodukcije v Frankensteinu in Skrivnostnem otoku dr. Moreauja
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3986/pkn.v47.i1.06Ključne besede:
angleška književnost, znanstvenofantastični roman, Shelley, Mary: Frankenstein, Wells, H. G.: Skrivnostni otok dr. Moreauja, lacanovska psihoanaliza, teorija pošasti, reprodukcija, figura materePovzetek
Članek pod vplivom lacanovske psihoanalitične teorije razlaga dve temeljni deli britanske grozljivke iz devetnajstega stoletja: Frankenstein (1818) Mary Shelley in Skrivnostni otok dr. Moreauja (1896) H. G. Wellsa. V prvem delu članka razpravljam o pomenu Frankensteina, ki uniči nedokončano žensko spremljevalko svoje pošasti. V drugem delu analiziram, kako so protogenetska spoznanja, ki jih je Moreau pridobil v svojem prizadevanju za uspešno razmnoževanje povzdignjenih zveri, uporabljena za vpis njegove simbolne funkcije očeta. V zaključku analiziram Frankensteinove in Moreaujeve lastne načine ponovnega vpisa njunih poskusov v naravni red stvari in kako sčasoma izpodrineta moškega ustvarjalca v simbolni položaj matere in tako prepišeta tudi trop matere narave. Zato Frankensteinove in Moreaujeve stvaritve hkrati prestopijo vse meje in pokažejo (monstrare) prav tiste meje, ki jih binarna logika prisotnosti in odsotnosti neizogibno uzakonja.
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