Jean Rhys`s Wide Sargasso Sea as a “Writing Back” Of Charlotte Brontë`s Jane Eyre

Abstract

A number of authors from countries which were previously colonised, came up with the intention of responding to the European canonical texts through their own writings in the postcolonial era. This thesis will analyse the postcolonial reinterpretation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre by Jean Rhys in "subversion," "rewriting," and "displacement" employed by Rhys to challenge Brontë's colonial discourse presented in her writing. Ashcroft's theory from Theory and Practice in Post-colonial Literatures analysis between two works, demonstrating the manifestation of "writing back" in postcolonial literature will be conducted in this paper. Upon careful works, it will be evident that Rhys has effectively altered Brontë's work by undermining its fundamental components, namely the characters and themes.