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Postcolonial literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries, originating from all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often addresses the problems and consequences of the decolonization of a country, especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people, and themes such as racialism and colonialism.
Eyre is based on the historical figure Simon Eyre (1395–1458) a London merchant and artisan who was elected Lord Mayor in 1445. [6] Margery Eyre: The wife of Simon Eyre. Roger: Simon Eyre's foreman, known as Hodge. Ralph: Simon Eyre's journeyman and husband to Jane. He is drafted into the war. A boy: Servant of Simon Eyre. Jane: Wife of Ralph ...
Jane Eyre (/ ɛər / AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. [2]
The authors concede that post-colonial theory is perhaps one of the most diverse issues in literary and cultural studies. They state that many other disciplines have used the term "post-colonial" to illustrate concerns in a number of fields including politics, sociology and economic theory, although not all have been positive in their acceptance.
The Turn of the Screw borrows both from Jane Eyre's themes of class and gender, [1] and from its mid-nineteenth-century setting. [2] The novella alludes to Jane Eyre in tandem with an explicit reference to Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), wherein the governess wonders if there might be a secret relative hidden in ...
Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys.The novel serves as a postcolonial and feminist prequel to Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), describing the background to Mr. Rochester's marriage from the point of view of his wife Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress.
Jane Eyre is the fictional heroine and the titular protagonist in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.The story follows Jane's infancy and childhood as an orphan, her employment first as a teacher and then as a governess, and her romantic involvement with her employer, the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester.
Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic consequences of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.