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    • Literary studies
    • Medical humanities
    • Gender studies

    Background:

    • Narrative analysis traditionally focuses on memoir and fiction for illness literature.
    • Contemporary writers increasingly utilize the essay form to explore embodied experiences.
    • The French verb 'essayer' (to attempt) highlights the essay's confrontational nature with uncertainty.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To examine the role of the literary essay in depicting the embodied experience of physical suffering.
    • To analyze contemporary essays, specifically those focusing on women's pain.
    • To investigate the questions surrounding the experience, dismissal, and societal response to women's pain.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of contemporary literary essays, including "The Pain Scale" by Eula Biss (2005) and "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain" by Leslie Jamison (2014).
    • Exploration of the thematic content and narrative strategies employed in these essays.
    • Examination of the philosophical and social questions raised by the authors regarding pain and empathy.

    Main Results:

    • Literary essays offer a unique and powerful medium for conveying the embodied experience of suffering.
    • Essays by Biss and Jamison critically address the diminished and misunderstood nature of women's pain.
    • These works highlight a societal failure to adequately respond to the suffering of others.

    Conclusions:

    • The essay form is a vital, yet often overlooked, genre for understanding illness narratives.
    • Contemporary essays challenge societal perceptions and responses to women's pain.
    • Further research into the essay as a mode of illness writing is warranted.