Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea is the classic revisionary novella of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. It rewrites the tragic story of Mr. Rochester's voiceless and lunatic ex-wife, Berthe Mason. This paper turn...Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea is the classic revisionary novella of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. It rewrites the tragic story of Mr. Rochester's voiceless and lunatic ex-wife, Berthe Mason. This paper turns to the intertextual relationship between the two texts and argues that the subversive rewriting of Wide Sargasso Sea destabilizes and deconstructs Mr. Rochester's English identity and masculinity, which are manifestly presented in the pre-text. It therefore renders the young Mr. Rochester problematic and insufficient, reveals"the other side"of the story and articulately tells the truth about who is really the mad one.展开更多
This essay mainly focuses on the female writings in the 19^th and 20^th century that are represented by Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea,considering the strong connections between them.In particular,the stark contrasts...This essay mainly focuses on the female writings in the 19^th and 20^th century that are represented by Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea,considering the strong connections between them.In particular,the stark contrasts between the two fictions’settings,plots and attitude toward love and female identities leave plenty room for exploring the interconnections.In Chapter One,the essay will introduce the two fictions briefly,and reveal the mirror image relationship between the two heroines.Chapter Two will devote to identifying the commonalities behind the aforementioned characters,pointing out a potential female writing paradigm among contemporary female writers.Despite the overlapping features with male writing paradigm,topics usually focusing on marriages and the large proportion of mean women figures mark the uniqueness of the paradigm that belongs to females.Based on the two features,Chapter Three will postulate the exclusion mindset among female writers,and explain the possible historical and psychological reasons behind this theory.Chapter Four will offer a glimpse at a growing woman consensus under the discrepancies by discussing two women figures in the two fictions,who shed light into the awakening female wisdom.Finally,Chapter Five will focus on the collective identity recognition concluded from female writers,and bring up the continuing problem in female communities.展开更多
"Wide Sargasso Sea"is one of Jean Rhys' novella which appealed enormous research. Although many studies touched on different meanings from its narrative perspective, most of them illustrated from the asp..."Wide Sargasso Sea"is one of Jean Rhys' novella which appealed enormous research. Although many studies touched on different meanings from its narrative perspective, most of them illustrated from the aspect which mixed narrator and point of view. This study researched this novella from the perspective of point of view suggested by Prof. Shen Dan to decode author's method of telling a"plausible story".展开更多
Jean Rhys' s works have been paid much attention to the women from the margin of the society and tried to explore wom-en's real identity. Wide Sargasso Sea is a typical example: it makes Antoinette's voice...Jean Rhys' s works have been paid much attention to the women from the margin of the society and tried to explore wom-en's real identity. Wide Sargasso Sea is a typical example: it makes Antoinette's voice heard and rectifies her image. And Antoi-nette's tragedy caused by her multi-identities rises the thought-provoking theme about women in the Third World. Based on thetheory of postcolonial feminism, Antoinette's identity crisis under the power of patriarchy and colonialism will be discussed. Antoi-nette's failure of identifying herself demonstrates the plight of the Third World Women.展开更多
In recent years,themes about ecology and nature have gained much attention from scholars and critics at home and abroad.These themes can also be reflected in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea.To reveal the theme of ecolo...In recent years,themes about ecology and nature have gained much attention from scholars and critics at home and abroad.These themes can also be reflected in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea.To reveal the theme of ecology and nature in this novel,this thesis manages to explore the differing views Antoinette and Rochester hold and make a comparison between their eco⁃logical views by analyzing the way they treat animals and their standpoints about the relationship between human and nature in the light of Ecolinguistics.It finds out that Antoinette’s positive and harmonious ecological view is incompatible with Rochester’s neg⁃ative and indifferent one.This thesis hopes to provide a new perspective for studying this novel and to dig out the ecological mean⁃ing of it.展开更多
文摘Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea is the classic revisionary novella of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. It rewrites the tragic story of Mr. Rochester's voiceless and lunatic ex-wife, Berthe Mason. This paper turns to the intertextual relationship between the two texts and argues that the subversive rewriting of Wide Sargasso Sea destabilizes and deconstructs Mr. Rochester's English identity and masculinity, which are manifestly presented in the pre-text. It therefore renders the young Mr. Rochester problematic and insufficient, reveals"the other side"of the story and articulately tells the truth about who is really the mad one.
文摘This essay mainly focuses on the female writings in the 19^th and 20^th century that are represented by Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea,considering the strong connections between them.In particular,the stark contrasts between the two fictions’settings,plots and attitude toward love and female identities leave plenty room for exploring the interconnections.In Chapter One,the essay will introduce the two fictions briefly,and reveal the mirror image relationship between the two heroines.Chapter Two will devote to identifying the commonalities behind the aforementioned characters,pointing out a potential female writing paradigm among contemporary female writers.Despite the overlapping features with male writing paradigm,topics usually focusing on marriages and the large proportion of mean women figures mark the uniqueness of the paradigm that belongs to females.Based on the two features,Chapter Three will postulate the exclusion mindset among female writers,and explain the possible historical and psychological reasons behind this theory.Chapter Four will offer a glimpse at a growing woman consensus under the discrepancies by discussing two women figures in the two fictions,who shed light into the awakening female wisdom.Finally,Chapter Five will focus on the collective identity recognition concluded from female writers,and bring up the continuing problem in female communities.
文摘"Wide Sargasso Sea"is one of Jean Rhys' novella which appealed enormous research. Although many studies touched on different meanings from its narrative perspective, most of them illustrated from the aspect which mixed narrator and point of view. This study researched this novella from the perspective of point of view suggested by Prof. Shen Dan to decode author's method of telling a"plausible story".
文摘Jean Rhys' s works have been paid much attention to the women from the margin of the society and tried to explore wom-en's real identity. Wide Sargasso Sea is a typical example: it makes Antoinette's voice heard and rectifies her image. And Antoi-nette's tragedy caused by her multi-identities rises the thought-provoking theme about women in the Third World. Based on thetheory of postcolonial feminism, Antoinette's identity crisis under the power of patriarchy and colonialism will be discussed. Antoi-nette's failure of identifying herself demonstrates the plight of the Third World Women.
文摘In recent years,themes about ecology and nature have gained much attention from scholars and critics at home and abroad.These themes can also be reflected in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea.To reveal the theme of ecology and nature in this novel,this thesis manages to explore the differing views Antoinette and Rochester hold and make a comparison between their eco⁃logical views by analyzing the way they treat animals and their standpoints about the relationship between human and nature in the light of Ecolinguistics.It finds out that Antoinette’s positive and harmonious ecological view is incompatible with Rochester’s neg⁃ative and indifferent one.This thesis hopes to provide a new perspective for studying this novel and to dig out the ecological mean⁃ing of it.
