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Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland
Abstract
Eavan Boland (1944-2020) paved the way for a new era for the next generations of poets through her treatment of the concept of violence as an Irish poet. While looking retrospectively at the turning points in Irish history and making her own private space visible to her readers, Boland also addresses the concept of violence on a gendered basis. Boland’s intellectual radar captures the period of Irish nation-building and the political and ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998. Boland juxtaposes the socially experienced violence in these periods with everyday life experiences. Thus, the boundary between public and private spheres disappears in her poetry. According to Boland, from a gender perspective, the heroic ideal created in the face of violence excludes “the heroine” in Irish history. Accordingly, this paper problematizes how Boland handles violence on grounds of gender. To address this question, the following four poems are explored respectively in this paper: The War Horse, Suburban Woman, In Her Own Image, and Domestic Violence. In these poems, Boland identifies violence as a social experience which cannot be excluded from the private sphere and portrays it as an intertwined material with everyday experiences of the feminine subject.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Language Studies (Other)
Journal Section
Review Article
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Early Pub Date
June 10, 2025
Publication Date
June 11, 2025
Submission Date
May 9, 2025
Acceptance Date
June 10, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 3 Number: 1
APA
Pelivan Cemgil, G. (2025). Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland. Journal of English Language, 3(1), 53-67. https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP
AMA
1.Pelivan Cemgil G. Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland. JEL. 2025;3(1):53-67. https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP
Chicago
Pelivan Cemgil, Gözde. 2025. “Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland”. Journal of English Language 3 (1): 53-67. https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP.
EndNote
Pelivan Cemgil G (June 1, 2025) Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland. Journal of English Language 3 1 53–67.
IEEE
[1]G. Pelivan Cemgil, “Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland”, JEL, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 53–67, June 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP
ISNAD
Pelivan Cemgil, Gözde. “Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland”. Journal of English Language 3/1 (June 1, 2025): 53-67. https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP.
JAMA
1.Pelivan Cemgil G. Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland. JEL. 2025;3:53–67.
MLA
Pelivan Cemgil, Gözde. “Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland”. Journal of English Language, vol. 3, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 53-67, https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP.
Vancouver
1.Gözde Pelivan Cemgil. Representations of Violence Crosscutting Gender in the Works of Eavan Boland. JEL [Internet]. 2025 Jun. 1;3(1):53-67. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA95CT97SP