Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea

This paper attempts to show in what way the exotic island of Jamaica expose the main characters and their fate. This part of the Atlantic Ocean seems to be torn between two different cultures, and also covers the notorious and mysterious Bermuda Triangle. The title is also foreboding for the protago...

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Main Author: Voicu Cristina-Georgiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:
caribbean islandscape
cultural identity
location metaphors
periphery of consciousness
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0016-9
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spelling doaj-b7694e17aef449f59210271e706b77362021-09-05T14:02:11ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies2286-04282012-12-019114715310.2478/v10319-012-0016-9Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso SeaVoicu Cristina-Georgiana0Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of IaşiThis paper attempts to show in what way the exotic island of Jamaica expose the main characters and their fate. This part of the Atlantic Ocean seems to be torn between two different cultures, and also covers the notorious and mysterious Bermuda Triangle. The title is also foreboding for the protagonist’s fate: she will get just as lost into madness as ships in the Sargasso Sea.https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0016-9caribbean islandscapecultural identitylocation metaphorsperiphery of consciousness
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Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
Romanian Journal of English Studies
caribbean islandscape
cultural identity
location metaphors
periphery of consciousness
author_facet Voicu Cristina-Georgiana
author_sort Voicu Cristina-Georgiana
title Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
title_short Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
title_full Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
title_fullStr Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
title_full_unstemmed Lost in the Bermuda Triangle: The Significance of Locations in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea
title_sort lost in the bermuda triangle: the significance of locations in jean rhys’s wide sargasso sea
publisher Sciendo
series Romanian Journal of English Studies
issn 2286-0428
publishDate 2012-12-01
description This paper attempts to show in what way the exotic island of Jamaica expose the main characters and their fate. This part of the Atlantic Ocean seems to be torn between two different cultures, and also covers the notorious and mysterious Bermuda Triangle. The title is also foreboding for the protagonist’s fate: she will get just as lost into madness as ships in the Sargasso Sea.
topic caribbean islandscape
cultural identity
location metaphors
periphery of consciousness
url https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0016-9
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