"I'm going mad again: Suicide Literature on and by Women Authors"
537 Heller Hall (ICGC)
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On January 5th, 1963 Enayat al-Zayyat ingested a lethal dose of sleeping pills, ending her life at twenty-seven. That same year, on February 11th Sylvia Plath, at thirty, took her own life via carbon monoxide poisoning. The suicide of these authors is critical in Iman Mersal’s "In the Footsteps of Enayat al-Zayyat" and Assma Hussain’s "The Return from Sylvia Plath". This research examines the connection between the writings of women who have ended their lives and the authors who have interconnected their own narratives to them. It examines how the experience of fatalistic suicide, as a social act, is embodied by women writers. Furthermore, it analyzes the echo of those writings felt in contemporary authors.
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About the Speaker
Nusaiba Imady comes to UMN from Damascus, Syria, with a master's in Gender Studies from University of London- School of Oriental and African Studies. In her M.A. she focused on the creative output of cultures in the aftermath of disaster, specifically performative aspects of desire in the writings of Syrian Activist in Diaspora. Her Ph.D. work explores Madness in the writings of early 1900s Arab Women Writers. Her other research interests include romance novels, postcolonial desire, and fan-fiction.