メアリ・シェリーの母親言説
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The purpose of this study is to investigate Mary Shelly's discourse on motherhood in relation toher first novel Frankenstein. Mary Shelly's own connections to motherhood are complex. Her mother died when she was only an infant, and she never ceased to idealize and long for her lost mother. She had her unhappy relationship with her stepmother. Moreover, she suffered from grief over the death of her young children. Under such circumstances, Frankenstein expresses both the daughter's longing for maternal nurturance and her fears of becoming a mothering woman herself. Reconsidering these issues, we will discuss reproductive health as basic human rights of women.