Narrative control: The colonizer’s voice, fragmentation, and naming in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargaso Sea
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| Title: | Narrative control: The colonizer’s voice, fragmentation, and naming in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargaso Sea |
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| Authors: | Gonzàlez Vidal, Mar |
| Contributors: | Grau Perejoan, Maria |
| Source: | Treballs Finals de Grau (TFG)-Estudis Anglesos |
| Publisher Information: | 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | Postcolonialism, Narrative control, Identity, Control narratiu, Bachelor's theses, Treballs de fi de grau, Postcolonialisme, Identitat |
| Description: | [eng] This paper explores Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea as a postcolonial response to Jane Eyre. It focuses on how Rhys uses narrative voice, naming, and fragmentation to underscore her criticism of colonial discourses. Through theorists such as Said, Spivak, and Bhabha, I use postcolonial theory to explore how Antoinette’s identity might be shaped and controlled. Overall, this paper argues that the novel's language and structure play a crucial role in exposing the process of dispossession and control that Antoinette suffers, as well as in challenging traditional narration and asking the reader for active interpretation. Treballs Finals del Grau d'Estudis Anglesos, Facultat de Filologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2024-2025. Tutora: Maria Grau Perejoan |
| Document Type: | Bachelor thesis |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Access URL: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/223473 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND |
| Accession Number: | edsair.od.......963..33fa3c7707b3a97ef6158edd94d22fa8 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | [eng] This paper explores Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea as a postcolonial response to Jane Eyre. It focuses on how Rhys uses narrative voice, naming, and fragmentation to underscore her criticism of colonial discourses. Through theorists such as Said, Spivak, and Bhabha, I use postcolonial theory to explore how Antoinette’s identity might be shaped and controlled. Overall, this paper argues that the novel's language and structure play a crucial role in exposing the process of dispossession and control that Antoinette suffers, as well as in challenging traditional narration and asking the reader for active interpretation.<br />Treballs Finals del Grau d'Estudis Anglesos, Facultat de Filologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2024-2025. Tutora: Maria Grau Perejoan |
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