Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea

This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022.

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Hoofdauteur: Tabassum, Tasneem
Andere auteurs: Chowdhury, Rukhsana Rahim
Formaat: Thesis
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Brac University 2022
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spelling 10361-172322022-09-19T21:01:37Z Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea Tabassum, Tasneem Chowdhury, Rukhsana Rahim Department of English and Humanities, Brac University post-colonial Feminism Victorian era Women and men in the society Power and position Mentally ill women Young women Man-woman relationships This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-50). Women have always been the object of oppression from the very beginning. Due to men and women having different natural biological structures, it is believed that they are assigned with different roles in society. As colonization took place, it only added to women’s misery. Not only were women colonized by the imperial power but also by the male-dominated society. Thus, they became victims of double colonization. In the name of civilization, the West were abusing and destroying the East. It was as if the people of the East were not human beings at all and rather an inferior breed of humanity. Women were now triply colonized, with the burden of not only colonization and gender discrimination, but also due to their race. It was power which dictated the position of women in the society. My thesis will explore the two contrapuntal Post-Colonial novels, Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The different nature and personalities of Jane and Antoinette, being in the same society as well as Rochester’s character showing two different types of male in the patriarchal society, is evident in these novels. My thesis aims to investigate and explore if the characters Jane and Antoinette represent the notion of typical subjugated females in a patriarchal society or if they show a rebellion against societal norms and be able to change their position in the society. It will also help to reveal, if the character of Rochester represents a typical patriarchal dominating male of the society or not. Tasneem Tabassum B.A. in English 2022-09-19T05:49:10Z 2022-09-19T05:49:10Z 2022 2022-06 Thesis ID 17203016 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17232 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 50 pages application/pdf Brac University
institution Brac University
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topic post-colonial
Feminism
Victorian era
Women and men in the society
Power and position
Mentally ill women
Young women
Man-woman relationships
spellingShingle post-colonial
Feminism
Victorian era
Women and men in the society
Power and position
Mentally ill women
Young women
Man-woman relationships
Tabassum, Tasneem
Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
description This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2022.
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title Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
title_short Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
title_full Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
title_fullStr Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
title_full_unstemmed Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
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