Silence as Blank in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette
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This paper aims to study the forms, roles, and meanings of blanks as the locus of silence which is closely related with the patriarchal society of 19th century Britain in Charlotte Brontë’s last novel Villette. It also traces the link between the blank of the ending and the silence of Lucy’s narrative. The open ending of Villette is different from the ending of Charlotte’s other works that end in marriage. This huge blank provides a fresh opportunity to revisit the book for readers who expect the marriage of Lucy Snow and Emmanuel Paul. It is also related to the function of the uncertainty of blank. Wolfgang Iser argues that unfamiliarity and dissonance characteristic of this blank does not disrupt the expected course of the book, but rather serves as a catalyst for helping the interaction between reader and the text which invites the reader into the work. Therefore, through this huge blank, readers can see the work again from different angles, which are completely different from the view they have had before. Studying silence in Villette, the reader can explore the power dynamics between Lucy and the patriarchal society.
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This paper aims to study the forms, roles, and meanings of blanks as the locus of silence which is closely related with the patriarchal society of 19th century Britain in Charlotte Brontë’s last novel Villette. It also traces the link between the blank of the ending and the silence of Lucy’s narrative. The open ending of Villette is different from the ending of Charlotte’s other works that end in marriage. This huge blank provides a fresh opportunity to revisit the book for readers who expect the marriage of Lucy Snow and Emmanuel Paul. It is also related to the function of the uncertainty of blank. Wolfgang Iser argues that unfamiliarity and dissonance characteristic of this blank does not disrupt the expected course of the book, but rather serves as a catalyst for helping the interaction between reader and the text which invites the reader into the work. Therefore, through this huge blank, readers can see the work again from different angles, which are completely different from the view they have had before. Studying silence in Villette, the reader can explore the power dynamics between Lucy and the patriarchal society.
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