진 리스의 반페미니즘에 대한 비판적 고찰
A Study of Jean Rhys’s Anti-Feminism
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This paper has the purpose of rethinking Jean Rhys’s anti-feminism by focusing on her third novel, Voyage in the Dark, and “Vienne,” a short story written in the early phase of her literary career. Even after the great success of Wide Sargasso Sea that is Rhys’s masterpiece and known as such among Caribbean Literature as well, she has received little attention from feminist critics. Despite the strong relevance to feminist concerns of the issues raised by her works, Rhys was problematic for feminist critics both because most of her heroines were led to helpless failure and repetitive rejections, and because Rhys herself overtly denied any affiliation with the women’s liberation movement. In fact, Rhys’s most essential concern is undeniably the problem of power and economic hegemony in society rather than that of sexuality and feminity. She was not interested in feminism as a theory or movement, and did not try to analyse her protagonists in terms of psychology or social studies. However, because she had no preconceptions or frame of reference, she was also able to delve deeply into and face what the woman or feminity is.
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This paper has the purpose of rethinking Jean Rhys’s anti-feminism by focusing on her third novel, Voyage in the Dark, and “Vienne,” a short story written in the early phase of her literary career. Even after the great success of Wide Sargasso Sea that is Rhys’s masterpiece and known as such among Caribbean Literature as well, she has received little attention from feminist critics. Despite the strong relevance to feminist concerns of the issues raised by her works, Rhys was problematic for feminist critics both because most of her heroines were led to helpless failure and repetitive rejections, and because Rhys herself overtly denied any affiliation with the women’s liberation movement. In fact, Rhys’s most essential concern is undeniably the problem of power and economic hegemony in society rather than that of sexuality and feminity. She was not interested in feminism as a theory or movement, and did not try to analyse her protagonists in terms of psychology or social studies. However, because she had no preconceptions or frame of reference, she was also able to delve deeply into and face what the woman or feminity is.
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