Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction

Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction

Jean Rhys's primary concern in her fiction is the fragmentation of the self. Her Caribbean/postcolonial experience, her gender positioning and her encounter with modernism contribute to her experience of fragmentation. Lacanian theory provides a plausible framework to understand the idea of fra...

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Main Author: Awan, Zulfqar Hyder
Published: University of Aberdeen 2014
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Self in literature
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606480
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-6064802017-01-20T15:27:49ZFragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fictionAwan, Zulfqar Hyder2014Jean Rhys's primary concern in her fiction is the fragmentation of the self. Her Caribbean/postcolonial experience, her gender positioning and her encounter with modernism contribute to her experience of fragmentation. Lacanian theory provides a plausible framework to understand the idea of fragmentation in Rhys's fiction. Through the use of the mirror image across her longer fiction, Rhys presents her heroines' fragmented subjectivity. She further elaborates it through her heroines' engagement with language and its impact on their subject position. Rhys's engagement with the mirror image and the role of language in creating an individual's subject position aligns with the Lacanian theory of subject formation. In Rhys's vision death is the only possible resolution of the fundamental fragmentation of the self.823Self in literatureUniversity of Aberdeenhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.606480http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=211202Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Self in literature
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Self in literature
Awan, Zulfqar Hyder
Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
description Jean Rhys's primary concern in her fiction is the fragmentation of the self. Her Caribbean/postcolonial experience, her gender positioning and her encounter with modernism contribute to her experience of fragmentation. Lacanian theory provides a plausible framework to understand the idea of fragmentation in Rhys's fiction. Through the use of the mirror image across her longer fiction, Rhys presents her heroines' fragmented subjectivity. She further elaborates it through her heroines' engagement with language and its impact on their subject position. Rhys's engagement with the mirror image and the role of language in creating an individual's subject position aligns with the Lacanian theory of subject formation. In Rhys's vision death is the only possible resolution of the fundamental fragmentation of the self.
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title Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
title_short Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
title_full Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
title_fullStr Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
title_full_unstemmed Fragmentation of the self : Lacanian perspectives on Jean Rhys's longer fiction
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publisher University of Aberdeen
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