TY - JOUR
TI - Androgynous cyberspaces in the novel Sphinx of Anne Garréta
AU - Zioło, Małgorzata
TI - Androgynous cyberspaces in the novel Sphinx of Anne Garréta
AB - The novel of Garréta refers to the figure of cyborg, creature emerging in collective imaginary due to unprecedented development of science. Hybrid, created from combination of men with highly developed technology, forces to define modern forms of existence and other forms of social relations. This new ontological status of human beings abolishes previously known borders, traditional divisions and the way of thinking based on binary polarities. Characters from the novel of Garréta live in an urban agglomeration where it is difficult to distinguish physical spaces from illusory artificial reality. The most striking is the indeterminacy on language’s level – in the text, there are not any grammatical determinants attributes to male or female subject; the entire text of the novel does not contain a grammatical clue to identify the character’s gender. In this way, cyborg shows as modern incarnation of the ancient myth of androgyne.
VL - Tom 23 (2023)
IS - Tom 23, Numer 3
PY - 2024
SN - 1732-8705
C1 - 2084-3917
SP - 473
EP - 482
DO - 10.4467/20843917RC.23.049.19280
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/romanica-cracoviensia/artykul/androgynous-cyberspaces-in-the-novel-sphinx-of-anne-garreta
KW - cyborg
KW - technology
KW - identity
KW - queer
KW - androgyny
KW - urban agglomeration