Abstract
References
- Bakır, C. (2023). The Chicana narrator as healer: Reconciliation in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 3(2), 79–88.
- Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The location of culture. Routledge.
- Bowie, M. (2000). Psychoanalysis and art: The Winnicott legacy. In L. Caldwell (Ed.), Art, creativity, living (pp. 11–29). Karnac Books.
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- Gilchrist, J. (2012). Women, slavery, and the problem of freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea. Twentieth-Century Literature, 58(3), 462–494. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-2012-4003
- Huebener, P. (2010). Metaphor and madness as postcolonial sites in novels by Jean Rhys and Tayeb Salih. Mosaic, 43(4), 19–34.
- Mardorossian, C. M. (1999). Double [de]colonization and the feminist criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea. College Literature, 26(2), 79–95.
- Patke, R. S. (2005). Method and madness in A Question of Power and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 185–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986181
- Rhys, J. (2000). Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin Classics.
- Spivak, G. C. (1985). Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism. Critical Inquiry, 12(1), 243–261. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343469
- Trivedi, M. (2008). Bertha, the traditional madwoman in the attic versus Bertha, the victim: An intertextual reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 57–71.
- Voicu, C.-G. (2011). From self to other: Esotericism as discourse of alterity in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4(1), 69–78.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. International Universities Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1988). Human nature. Routledge.
- Winnicott, D. W. (2005). Playing and reality. Routledge.
Abstract
References
- Bakır, C. (2023). The Chicana narrator as healer: Reconciliation in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 3(2), 79–88.
- Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The location of culture. Routledge.
- Bowie, M. (2000). Psychoanalysis and art: The Winnicott legacy. In L. Caldwell (Ed.), Art, creativity, living (pp. 11–29). Karnac Books.
- Cappello, S. (2009). Postcolonial discourse in Wide Sargasso Sea: Creole discourse vs. European discourse, periphery vs. center, and marginalized people vs. white supremacy. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 6(1), 47–54. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986298
- Erwin, L. (1989). “Like in a looking-glass”: History and narrative in Wide Sargasso Sea. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, 22(2), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.2307/1345800 Fanon, F. (2004). The wretched of the earth (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press.
- Fumagalli, M. C. (2005). Maryse Condé’s La Migration des Cœurs, Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, and (the possibility of) creolization. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 195–213. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986182
- Gilchrist, J. (2012). Women, slavery, and the problem of freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea. Twentieth-Century Literature, 58(3), 462–494. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-2012-4003
- Huebener, P. (2010). Metaphor and madness as postcolonial sites in novels by Jean Rhys and Tayeb Salih. Mosaic, 43(4), 19–34.
- Mardorossian, C. M. (1999). Double [de]colonization and the feminist criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea. College Literature, 26(2), 79–95.
- Patke, R. S. (2005). Method and madness in A Question of Power and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 185–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986181
- Rhys, J. (2000). Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin Classics.
- Spivak, G. C. (1985). Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism. Critical Inquiry, 12(1), 243–261. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343469
- Trivedi, M. (2008). Bertha, the traditional madwoman in the attic versus Bertha, the victim: An intertextual reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 57–71.
- Voicu, C.-G. (2011). From self to other: Esotericism as discourse of alterity in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4(1), 69–78.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. International Universities Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1988). Human nature. Routledge.
- Winnicott, D. W. (2005). Playing and reality. Routledge.
Abstract
References
- Bakır, C. (2023). The Chicana narrator as healer: Reconciliation in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 3(2), 79–88.
- Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The location of culture. Routledge.
- Bowie, M. (2000). Psychoanalysis and art: The Winnicott legacy. In L. Caldwell (Ed.), Art, creativity, living (pp. 11–29). Karnac Books.
- Cappello, S. (2009). Postcolonial discourse in Wide Sargasso Sea: Creole discourse vs. European discourse, periphery vs. center, and marginalized people vs. white supremacy. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 6(1), 47–54. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986298
- Erwin, L. (1989). “Like in a looking-glass”: History and narrative in Wide Sargasso Sea. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, 22(2), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.2307/1345800 Fanon, F. (2004). The wretched of the earth (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press.
- Fumagalli, M. C. (2005). Maryse Condé’s La Migration des Cœurs, Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, and (the possibility of) creolization. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 195–213. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986182
- Gilchrist, J. (2012). Women, slavery, and the problem of freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea. Twentieth-Century Literature, 58(3), 462–494. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-2012-4003
- Huebener, P. (2010). Metaphor and madness as postcolonial sites in novels by Jean Rhys and Tayeb Salih. Mosaic, 43(4), 19–34.
- Mardorossian, C. M. (1999). Double [de]colonization and the feminist criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea. College Literature, 26(2), 79–95.
- Patke, R. S. (2005). Method and madness in A Question of Power and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 185–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986181
- Rhys, J. (2000). Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin Classics.
- Spivak, G. C. (1985). Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism. Critical Inquiry, 12(1), 243–261. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343469
- Trivedi, M. (2008). Bertha, the traditional madwoman in the attic versus Bertha, the victim: An intertextual reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 57–71.
- Voicu, C.-G. (2011). From self to other: Esotericism as discourse of alterity in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4(1), 69–78.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. International Universities Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1988). Human nature. Routledge.
- Winnicott, D. W. (2005). Playing and reality. Routledge.
Abstract
Bu makale, Jean Rhys’in Wide Sargasso Sea adlı romanını D. W. Winnicott’un kuramsal çerçevesi üzerinden incelemektedir. Çalışma, böylece kurgusal bir eserdeki psikolojik unsurları ele almaktadır. Dolayısıyla, çalışma Winnicott'un bakış açısıyla romanın, tutarlı bir benlik yapısının inşası için hayati önem taşıyan çevresel ve duygusal koşulların başarısızlığını ortaya koymasını keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Aynı şekilde, çalışma Antoinette Cosway'in psikolojik parçalanmasını, Winnicott'un tutunma ortamı, gerçek ve sahte benlik, geçiş nesnesi ve potansiyel alan gibi temel kavramlarını kullanarak analiz etmektedir. Winnicott'un teorisi, kimliğin ebeveyn bakımı, çevre ve erken dönemdeki etkileşimler yoluyla geliştiğini savunur ve bu ilişkisel ve çevresel bağlamlardaki bozulmaların benliği zayıflatabileceğini, bunun da parçalanma, sahte benlikler ve psikolojik kırılganlığa yol açabileceğini ileri sürer. Bu çerçeve, Rhys'in Antoinette'i tasvirini anlamak için uygun görünmektedir. Antoinette'in hayatı, annesinin ihmali, ataerkil baskılar ve sömürge toplumunun bozulmasının izlerini taşımaktadır. Çalışma ayrıca Rhys'in Winnicott'un ev metaforlarını postkolonyal bir bağlama nasıl dönüştürdüğünü de analiz etmektedir. Çalışma, Wide Sargasso Sea'nin Winnicott'un psikanalitik fikirlerini psikolojik kırılganlığın bir alegorisine dönüştürdüğü ve benliğin, tanınma ve istikrar sağlayan ailevi, kültürel ve tarihsel ortamların sürdürülebilir varlığına bağlı olduğunu gösterdiğini sonucuna varmaktadır. Makale, benlik ve çevre arasındaki etkileşimi inceleyerek, romandaki psikolojik hayatta kalmanın sosyal, kültürel ve tarihsel istikrardan ayrılamaz olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.
Keywords
Wide Sargasso Sea D. W. Winnicott Ruhsal Parçalanma Çevresel Çöküş Sömürgesel Yerinden Edilme
References
- Bakır, C. (2023). The Chicana narrator as healer: Reconciliation in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 3(2), 79–88.
- Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The location of culture. Routledge.
- Bowie, M. (2000). Psychoanalysis and art: The Winnicott legacy. In L. Caldwell (Ed.), Art, creativity, living (pp. 11–29). Karnac Books.
- Cappello, S. (2009). Postcolonial discourse in Wide Sargasso Sea: Creole discourse vs. European discourse, periphery vs. center, and marginalized people vs. white supremacy. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 6(1), 47–54. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986298
- Erwin, L. (1989). “Like in a looking-glass”: History and narrative in Wide Sargasso Sea. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, 22(2), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.2307/1345800 Fanon, F. (2004). The wretched of the earth (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press.
- Fumagalli, M. C. (2005). Maryse Condé’s La Migration des Cœurs, Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, and (the possibility of) creolization. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 195–213. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986182
- Gilchrist, J. (2012). Women, slavery, and the problem of freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea. Twentieth-Century Literature, 58(3), 462–494. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-2012-4003
- Huebener, P. (2010). Metaphor and madness as postcolonial sites in novels by Jean Rhys and Tayeb Salih. Mosaic, 43(4), 19–34.
- Mardorossian, C. M. (1999). Double [de]colonization and the feminist criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea. College Literature, 26(2), 79–95.
- Patke, R. S. (2005). Method and madness in A Question of Power and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 185–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986181
- Rhys, J. (2000). Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin Classics.
- Spivak, G. C. (1985). Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism. Critical Inquiry, 12(1), 243–261. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343469
- Trivedi, M. (2008). Bertha, the traditional madwoman in the attic versus Bertha, the victim: An intertextual reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 57–71.
- Voicu, C.-G. (2011). From self to other: Esotericism as discourse of alterity in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4(1), 69–78.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. International Universities Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1988). Human nature. Routledge.
- Winnicott, D. W. (2005). Playing and reality. Routledge.
Abstract
The article explores Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea by making use of the theoretical framework of D. W. Winnicott. By doing so, it tackles the psychological elements in a fictional work. Hence, it aims to discover how the novel, from a Winnicottian lens, reveals the failure of environmental and emotional conditions that are crucial for the construction of a stable self. In the same vein, the study analyses Antoinette Cosway’s psychological fragmentation by using Winnicottian key concepts such as the holding environment, true and false self, transitional object, and potential space. Winnicott’s theory argues that identity evolves via early interactions with caregivers and the environment, asserting that disruptions in these relational and environmental contexts can undermine the self, which results in fragmentation, false selves, and psychological vulnerability. In this way, this framework seems particularly suitable for understanding Rhys’s portrayal of Antoinette. The study also analyses the way Rhys transforms Winnicott’s domestic metaphors into a postcolonial context. The study concludes that Wide Sargasso Sea transforms Winnicott’s psychoanalytic ideas into an allegory of psychic vulnerability and shows that selfhood depends on the sustaining presence of familial, cultural, and historical environments that provide recognition and stability.
Keywords
Wide Sargasso Sea D. W. Winnicott Psychological Fragmentation Environmental Failure Colonial Dislocation
References
- Bakır, C. (2023). The Chicana narrator as healer: Reconciliation in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God. IDEAS: Journal of English Literary Studies, 3(2), 79–88.
- Bhabha, H. K. (2004). The location of culture. Routledge.
- Bowie, M. (2000). Psychoanalysis and art: The Winnicott legacy. In L. Caldwell (Ed.), Art, creativity, living (pp. 11–29). Karnac Books.
- Cappello, S. (2009). Postcolonial discourse in Wide Sargasso Sea: Creole discourse vs. European discourse, periphery vs. center, and marginalized people vs. white supremacy. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 6(1), 47–54. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986298
- Erwin, L. (1989). “Like in a looking-glass”: History and narrative in Wide Sargasso Sea. Novel: A Forum on Fiction, 22(2), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.2307/1345800 Fanon, F. (2004). The wretched of the earth (R. Philcox, Trans.). Grove Press.
- Fumagalli, M. C. (2005). Maryse Condé’s La Migration des Cœurs, Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea, and (the possibility of) creolization. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 195–213. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986182
- Gilchrist, J. (2012). Women, slavery, and the problem of freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea. Twentieth-Century Literature, 58(3), 462–494. https://doi.org/10.1215/0041462X-2012-4003
- Huebener, P. (2010). Metaphor and madness as postcolonial sites in novels by Jean Rhys and Tayeb Salih. Mosaic, 43(4), 19–34.
- Mardorossian, C. M. (1999). Double [de]colonization and the feminist criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea. College Literature, 26(2), 79–95.
- Patke, R. S. (2005). Method and madness in A Question of Power and Wide Sargasso Sea. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 4(1), 185–193. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986181
- Rhys, J. (2000). Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin Classics.
- Spivak, G. C. (1985). Three women’s texts and a critique of imperialism. Critical Inquiry, 12(1), 243–261. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343469
- Trivedi, M. (2008). Bertha, the traditional madwoman in the attic versus Bertha, the victim: An intertextual reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Icfai University Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 57–71.
- Voicu, C.-G. (2011). From self to other: Esotericism as discourse of alterity in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4(1), 69–78.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1965). The maturational process and the facilitating environment: Studies in the theory of emotional development. International Universities Press.
- Winnicott, D. W. (1988). Human nature. Routledge.
- Winnicott, D. W. (2005). Playing and reality. Routledge.
Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture |
| Journal Section | Research Article |
| Authors | |
| Submission Date | July 27, 2025 |
| Acceptance Date | March 3, 2026 |
| Publication Date | March 25, 2026 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.53568/yyusbed.1752223 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA75KW38SR |
| Published in Issue | Year 2026 Issue: 71 |
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