Arcaica, fálica y castrada: Revisitando The Shining [El resplandor] de Stephen King a través del tropo de la madre monstruosa y sus manifestaciones
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A menudo se ha considerado la novela El resplandor (1977) de Stephen King como un clásico contemporáneo que actualiza el cuento de fantasmas decimonónico y las narraciones de casas encantadas, a la par que refleja temores latentes acerca del colapso de la familia tradicional y la amenaza a las masculinidades hegemónicas ante el desarrollo de los estudios feministas. Tomando como base la noción de lo monstruoso-femenino por parte de Barbara Creed, resulta factible reinterpretar una de las novelas más icónicas de King como representación de temores masculinos latentes acerca del tropo de la madre monstruosa en sus diferentes representaciones. Por consiguiente, puede argumentarse que, desde una perspectiva masculina, el arquetipo de la madre monstruosa deriva de la maternidad patriarcal, como interpretación masculina del terror ancestral y primario hacia el poder materno de generación y destrucción de vida, así como acerca del papel primordial de la madre durante las fases de desarrollo preedípica y edípica. Este artículo ofrece un análisis de la novela de King, El resplandor, focalizado en el tropo de la madre monstruosa, como resultado de una maternidad patriarcal en sus diversas manifestaciones, incluyendo la madre arcaica, la madre fálica y la madre castrada.
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