#美国作家#西尔维亚·普拉特(Sylvia Plath)。

虽然从没立志要写公开的女权主义文学作品，但西尔维娅·普拉斯仍被当今流行文化认为几乎是个女性主义烈士。

她最广为人知的作品是《钟形罩》，这是一篇令人不安的自传体小说（此类小说中真正的人物或事件以假名出现），其中一名杰出美丽的年轻女主人公在墨守成规的20世纪60年代纠结于自己的独立愿望，在当时的社会环境下，人们对女性的普遍期待就是结婚生子。她陷入疯狂和对死亡的痴迷，这也是普拉特自己陷入抑郁症（她后来死于自杀）的写照。小说尽管压抑阴郁，但至今仍被广泛阅读。

普拉特也因为自己的忏悔诗而被人们铭记，这些诗被看作是对厌女症、父权制和家庭桎梏的反抗。

哪些作者曾助你去探寻社会的矛盾？要了解更多关于西尔维亚·普拉特的信息，请见（英文）：https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/sylvia-plath

#AmericanAuthors# Sylvia Plath

Although she never set out to write overtly feminist literature, Sylvia Plath is regarded in popular culture today almost as a feminist martyr. She is best known for The Bell Jar, a disturbing roman a clef (a novel in which real people or events appear with invented names) in which a brilliant and beautiful young female protagonist struggles with her desire to be independent in conformist 1960s society, which preferred that women aspire to marriage and motherhood. She descends into madness and an obsession with death, reflecting Plath’s own descent into depression (she would in fact later die of suicide). Despite its darkness, the novel remains widely read today. Plath is also remembered also for her confessional poems, which read as visceral counterblasts against misogyny, patriarchy, and domesticity.

What author has helped you to explore contradictions within society? To learn more about Sylvia Plath see (eng): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/sylvia-plath.

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