Mental Spaces in Plath's "Mad Girl Love Song": A Cognitive Reading

Abstract

Abstract: There have been various approaches to deal with literature. Within the cognitive linguistic framework, Mental Spaces Theory provides a promising model that can yield illuminating analyses of literary texts in general and poetry in particular. In this respect, the current paper attempts a stylistic reading of Sylvia Plath's "Mad Girl Love Song" by applying Gilles Fauconnier's Mental Spaces Theory (1994-1997) as a model for analysis. The model proved a useful tool for literary analysis.