In the character of Antoinette, she draws attention to the colonized people who are totally silenced, dehumanized and mistreated in the earlier colonial text. By reconstructing Bronte’s text Jane Eyre, Rhys unveils the issues related to the phenomenon of colonialism. A Creole herself, from Dominica, Rhys was mainly concerned with asserting the cultural identity of the natives in her Creole heroine Antoinette. Gul Koparanoglu (Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey) Įmail: Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966) reflects the experience of women in patriarchal and colonial societies in the mid-nineteenth century. The Victim of Colonization: Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea Sektionsleiter | Section Chair: Atilla Silkü (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey) Globalization, Transnational Literatures, and Cross-Cultural Understanding Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften Gul Koparanoglu: The Victim of Colonization: Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
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