"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
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
Wide Sargasso Sea,as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre,has been very influential in English literary field.Its author,Jean Rhys,expressed what Charlotte Bronte hasn’t expressed in Jane Eyre:The author has gi...Wide Sargasso Sea,as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre,has been very influential in English literary field.Its author,Jean Rhys,expressed what Charlotte Bronte hasn’t expressed in Jane Eyre:The author has given a thorough analysis about Antoinette’s life before she becomes insane from different aspects,which make the insane woman newly understood for the readers.This paper intends to analyze Antoinette’s journey of searching for her identity through interactions with different people and the functions of mirror as the object in real life by applying Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage.展开更多
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.
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Wide Sargasso Sea,as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre,has been very influential in English literary field.Its author,Jean Rhys,expressed what Charlotte Bronte hasn’t expressed in Jane Eyre:The author has given a thorough analysis about Antoinette’s life before she becomes insane from different aspects,which make the insane woman newly understood for the readers.This paper intends to analyze Antoinette’s journey of searching for her identity through interactions with different people and the functions of mirror as the object in real life by applying Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage.
