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The Postcolonial Rewriting of Colonial Stories: Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea

Name: The Postcolonial Rewriting of Colonial Stories: Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
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Author: B.A. Christina Münzner
ISBN: 978-3-656-04126-9

Bachelor Thesis, 2010

36 Pages, Grade: 1,0

B.A. Christina Münzner (Author)

Excerpt

Introduction

1. Rewriting Colonial Stories
1.1 The Need to Rewrite Jane's Story
1.2 Intertextuality in the Novels

2. The Construction of Otherness
2.1 The Dichotomy Between Europe and Its Others
2.2 Knowledge is Power

3. Other Modes of 'In-Betweenness'
3.1 Marginality and Madness
3.2 Translation
3.3 The Fear of “Going Native”

4. Beyond Rewriting
4.1 Local Knowledge
4.2 Limits of Speaking

Conclusion

Declaration of Authorship

Bibliography
Primary Literature
Secondary Literature

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Title: The Postcolonial Rewriting of Colonial Stories: Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
College: University of Leipzig (Institut für Anglistik)
Grade: 1,0
Author: B.A. Christina Münzner (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 36
Catalog Number: V181105
ISBN (eBook): 9783656040989
ISBN (Book): 9783656041269
File size: 625 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Literature, Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, Charlotte Bronte, Jean Rhys, Postcolonialism, Rewriting, Colonialism

Quote paper: B.A. Christina Münzner (Author), 2010, The Postcolonial Rewriting of Colonial Stories: Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/181105