A Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Sea

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Richard C., 1956-en_US
dc.contributor.authorUzun, Esraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-22T15:12:18Z
dc.date.available2011-08-22T15:12:18Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent91 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3621
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectFolkloreen_US
dc.subjectCaribbean literatureen_US
dc.subjectBritish and Irish literatureen_US
dc.subjectColonialism and postcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectDreamsen_US
dc.subjectGender and stereotypesen_US
dc.subjectIdentity and cultural misconceptionsen_US
dc.subjectSense of placeen_US
dc.subjectWide Sargasso Sea
dc.subject.lcshRhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea--Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshLiterature and folklore
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean literature--Colonial influence
dc.titleA Folkloric Study On Wide Sargasso Seaen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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