THE POETICS OF CUBORG CHARACTER IN THE NOVELS OF MARGE PIERCY
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Marge Piercy, cyborg, poetics, postmodern literature, feminist utopia, dystopia, technology, Donna Haraway.Abstract
This article analyzes the poetic features of cyborg characters in Marge Piercy's novels. In postmodern literature, the question of how technology, the relationship between man and society are reflected in artistic form is considered. Especially in the works He, She and It, and Woman on the Edge of Time, the combination of cyborg characters with feminist, utopian, and dystopian views is revealed. Donna Haraway's work "A Cyborg Manifesto" is used as a theoretical basis, and the metaphorical and poetic functions of the cyborg image are analyzed. As a result of the research, it is determined that cyborg images are an important literary tool in the artistic interpretation of human identity, gender equality, and attitudes towards the technological society.
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