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| | Article Name : | | Double Colonization in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso
Sea: A Postcolonial Feminist Critique
| Author Name : | | MUHAMMAD AZMAT
| Publisher : | | Bridge Center | Article URL : | | | Abstract : | | The English colonial rule of the 19th century was undoubtedly
based on an unequal power relationship and oppression of a great
majority of the people and their lands in the world. The Carribean was
one of the countries where the British colonists ruled with all might
and sway, badly affecting the lives of its colonized people. Of these
colonized people, it was the female colonized who suffered even more
due to the additional patriarchal structure imposed on them as well.
In this regard, Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea (WSS) presents a
faithful and comprehensive critique. For this purpose, first of all, the
related literature was reviewed on the concept of double colonization
with reference to WSS in light of the relevant views. Next, for the
purpose of analysis, the study was delimited to the plight of the main
character Antoinette and her mother Annette in light of the various
events and discourses from WSS as to how double colonization affected
the lives of the aforementioned female characters. On the basis of the
analysis, it was found out that double colonization affected Antoinette
and Annette by a number of its main aspects and factors, such as,
economic exploitation, marriages, otherness, cultural hybridity, and
patriarchy, by bringing about their alienation not only from the
colonial and patriarchal culture around but also from their own self
and life, thus suffering from identity crisis, madness, and finally
death. | Keywords : | | alienation, alterity, Black, colonialism, colonization,
colonizer, Creole, double colonization, feminist, identity crisis,
patriarchy, postcolonial, White
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