Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in Foucault's Perspective to Interpret "The Madwoman in the Attic"

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Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in Foucault's Perspective to Interpret "The Madwoman in the Attic"

Yue Yang 1*
  • 1 College of Liberal Arts, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Chengdu610066, China    
  • *corresponding author 100994@yzpc.edu.cn
CHR Vol.3
ISSN (Print): 2753-7072
ISSN (Online): 2753-7064
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-29-4
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Abstract

Charlotte Bronte portrayed a marginal character in Jane Eyre, Bertha Mason, the madwoman in the attic. Many readers thought she was insane, ugly, and silent at the same time. She emerges from the attic later to recount her forgotten background in Wide Sargasso Sea when Jane Rhys investigates her family history. Whether it is the postmodern writing style or the psychological exploration of the heroine in the novel, it has the artistic research value of various interpretations. The study of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre mainly focuses on postcolonial discourse and identity discourse. It is rare to analyze Bertha from the perspective of Foucault's discourse power theory. This essay interprets Bertha and Antoinette's characterizations in terms of the interrelationships of discourse, power, and knowledge based on Foucault's theory of discursive power. It examines the lack of women's discourse and its reconstruction, broadens the viewpoints of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre, and deepens our comprehension of The Madwoman in the Attic.

Keywords:

Foucault, discursive power, Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea

Yang,Y. (2023). Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in Foucault's Perspective to Interpret "The Madwoman in the Attic". Communications in Humanities Research,3,450-455.
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References

[1]. Huang Qinghui. (2019). A Foucaultian Interpretation of the Madwoman Image in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Minjiang University, 40, 40-45.

[2]. Lei, G., & Xu, X. (2019). The Dialogue of Madness and Civilization: a Study on the Reasons for Antoinette’s Madness in Wide Sargasso Sea.

[3]. Zhou Hui. (2019). The separation of spirit and meat: Bertha Mason and Fanyi crazy image comparison. Popular literature, 15, 33-34.

[4]. Jalali, J. (2019). Feminization, construction and re-construction of madness: intertextuality between Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea (Doctoral dissertation, Brac University).

[5]. Meng Yuan. (2014). The Interpretation of Jane Eyre and Wide Sagasso Sea under Intertextual Perspective. (Doctoral dissertation, Northeast Normal University).

[6]. Wang Rui. (2007). Voice from the colony -on the discourse in the boundless Algal Sea. Science and technology information, 26, 163.

[7]. He Xin. (2019). Read the tragic fate of crazy women in post-colonial feminism. Young writer, 27, 150.

[8]. Lei Lingju. (2019). Interpret the authority construction of the heroine in the boundless algae Sea from the feminist narrative science, 23, 116-117.

[9]. Shi Yu. (2019). Rebelling against Power: A Study of Foucault's Theory of Discourse. (Doctoral dissertation).

[10]. Wei Wei. (2020). The endless postcolonial narrative of Wide Sargasso Sea, Literature education, 12, 86-87.


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Yang,Y. (2023). Comparing Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in Foucault's Perspective to Interpret "The Madwoman in the Attic". Communications in Humanities Research,3,450-455.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 1

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Conference date: 18 December 2022
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References

[1]. Huang Qinghui. (2019). A Foucaultian Interpretation of the Madwoman Image in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Minjiang University, 40, 40-45.

[2]. Lei, G., & Xu, X. (2019). The Dialogue of Madness and Civilization: a Study on the Reasons for Antoinette’s Madness in Wide Sargasso Sea.

[3]. Zhou Hui. (2019). The separation of spirit and meat: Bertha Mason and Fanyi crazy image comparison. Popular literature, 15, 33-34.

[4]. Jalali, J. (2019). Feminization, construction and re-construction of madness: intertextuality between Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea (Doctoral dissertation, Brac University).

[5]. Meng Yuan. (2014). The Interpretation of Jane Eyre and Wide Sagasso Sea under Intertextual Perspective. (Doctoral dissertation, Northeast Normal University).

[6]. Wang Rui. (2007). Voice from the colony -on the discourse in the boundless Algal Sea. Science and technology information, 26, 163.

[7]. He Xin. (2019). Read the tragic fate of crazy women in post-colonial feminism. Young writer, 27, 150.

[8]. Lei Lingju. (2019). Interpret the authority construction of the heroine in the boundless algae Sea from the feminist narrative science, 23, 116-117.

[9]. Shi Yu. (2019). Rebelling against Power: A Study of Foucault's Theory of Discourse. (Doctoral dissertation).

[10]. Wei Wei. (2020). The endless postcolonial narrative of Wide Sargasso Sea, Literature education, 12, 86-87.