![]() ![]() Kristeva thinks that these two modalities are completing each other in the dynamic signifying process needed for the constitution of the Subject, and that the failure of reflecting the semiotic in the symbolic results in the destabilization of the subject. However, the study is conducted in the light of Kristeva’s the Symbolic and the Semiotic (1984). As such, the objective of this paper is to examine the failure of the symbolic order in the construction of the female subject in Adrienne Rich’s Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers. They tried to revolt but in vain because the masculine symbolic language gave no space to the circulation of female needs and desires. Therefore, the female characters in her early poems didn’t find the appropriate signifiers that express their voices in the masculine symbolic language they used. In her early stage of writing, Rich imitated the styles and subject matters of the great male writers of the literary scene. Adrienne Rich was one of the leading feminist voices who called for the re-establishment of the feminist discourse away from the bigotry of the patriarchal thought. ![]()
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