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    A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea

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    Uzun, Esra
    Abstract
    This study aims to offer an alternative approach to analyze and understand literary texts through folklore. I focused on Jean Rhys's famous novel Wide Sargasso Sea, which has often been examined through a postcolonial approach. My thesis suggests that the postcolonial criticisms are limiting to our understanding of the novel; therefore, an alternative way is needed to explore Wide Sargasso Sea and evaluate its major themes such as cultural clashes and misconceptions from a different perspective. Folklore has allowed me to explore the novel from a wider spectrum because it provides a deeper understanding of the characters, their identities, places, and dreams in the novel. Folklore not only studies the individuals and their societies, but also goes beyond the stereotypes and generalizations.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3621
    Subject
     Folklore; Caribbean literature; British and Irish literature; Colonialism and postcolonialism; Dreams; Gender and stereotypes; Identity and cultural misconceptions; Sense of place; Wide Sargasso Sea 
    Date
    2011
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    Uzun, Esra. (January 2011). A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3621.)

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    Uzun, Esra. A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2011. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3621. September 21, 2023.
    Chicago:
    Uzun, Esra, “A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2011).
    AMA:
    Uzun, Esra. A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2011.
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    East Carolina University

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