MATRICIDNE TENDENCIJE: ODNOS MAJKA–ĆERKA U DRAMI „LEPOTICA IZ LINEJNA“ MARTINA MEKDONE I ROMANU „PIJANISTKINJA“ ELFRIDE JELINEK

Abstract

In the patriarchal, postmodernist society, when the male principle is absent from the nucleus family, a specific mother-daughter relationship emerges. This paper delves into the research of that relationship using two rather extreme examples given by Martin McDonagh in the play The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and Elfriede Jelinek in the novel The Piano Teacher, in an attempt to shed light on the differences between two examples and try to understand the cause of them. In the methodological frame of psychoanalysis with elements of forensic psychology and psychiatry, using the comparative method, this paper primarily analyses the characters of Moreen and Erika as the daughters that stand in opposition to their respective mothers. Accounting for the generational gap between mothers and daughters, as well as the cultural differences between the authors, this paper strives towards understanding the violent relationships and searching for the possible cause for them. Furthermore, this paper also looks into how a relationship like that can lead to the manifestation of sadistic, sadomasochistic, and matricide tendencies.