Julia Kristeva
Franco-Bulgarian psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist. Developed the theory of abjection, semanalysis, and the notion of intertextuality, connecting psychoanalysis and linguistics.
Books
- Powers of Horror (1980)
Kristeva develops the theory of abjection — that which disturbs identity and symbolic order — and its relation to literature, the body, and the maternal.
- Black Sun (1987)
Kristeva explores depression and melancholia from psychoanalytic and linguistic perspectives, analyzing how mourning affects language and creativity.
- Revolution in Poetic Language (1974)
Kristeva introduces the distinction between the semiotic (drive-based, preverbal) and the symbolic (language, law), showing how poetry subverts the symbolic order.