This capstone is the summation of my undergraduate degree in English at the University of new England. I hope to use the information I researched interdisciplinary in my future— as I’ll be moving on to receive my Maters of Science in nursing from Columbia University.
My final capstone is a literary analysis of patient-provider bioethics and gender in Sylvia Plath’s Novel The Bell Jar. I argue that Plath— through the juxtaposition of care from two different psychiatric providers with differing genders— provides a commentary on how gender implicates patient experiences and efficacy of care in psychiatry. This capstone takes the unique form of an Annotated Digital Edition and as such I use larger sections of the novel to perform a more comprehensive literary analysis without using segments of my writing to provide summary. The nature of this capstone is to provide the reader with societal and literary context— this is done in the forward, as well as textual context— through the form of annotations, and my own personal bias and context— through the form of my reflection. Ultimately, through these various forms of contextualizing and their subsequent explanations I hope the reader finds themselves walking away from this project with a more durable and comprehensive wealth of knowledge about the topic.
If you have any questions about my capstone topic or my analysis, please feel free to email me at dcollins11@une.edu.
All sections of the novel that are reproduced throughout the project are done so within the limits of fair use as designated by section 107 of the U.S. Copyright act.
