COLONIZER AND COLONIST. (RE)DEFINING THE OTHER IN JANE EYRE AND WIDE SARGASSO SEA
COLONIZER AND COLONIST. (RE)DEFINING THE OTHER IN JANE EYRE AND WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Author(s): Aura PANDELESubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: postcolonialism; the Other; colonizer; colonist; Victorian
Summary/Abstract: The cultural canon was subject to significant transformations throughout the 20th century. The stranger/Other, as the representative individual of a culture under the colonial ruling of the British Empire, is seen through the values and expectations of the colonizer in Charlotte Brontëřs novel. Dominican writer Jean Rhys sets a wider context for the Victorian characters by writing a prequel that empowers the silenced character of Antoinette Mason. The expansion of the omnipresent Victorian narrator into several first-person narratives mirrors the Eurocentric perspective dissipated into a multitude of centers outside the metropolis, each demanding its own voice in the global literary canon.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 07
- Page Range: 435-442
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English