Alienation in Erdrich Louise’s Love Medicine (1993) and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
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2016-09
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University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
This research work is meant to analyze the affinities between: Erdrich Louise’s Love
Medicine (1993) and Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) in relation to the issue of
alienation. To support our research, we rely on Harold Bloom’s theory of alienation; Bloom’s
Literary Themes: Alienation (2009).This work discusses this notion referring to Bloom’s
concepts namely: the concept of Family, Religion and faith, marriage and cultural belonging.
After our analysis, we reached the results that both authors share affinities, first, in the way
they present their characters struggling with the surrounding conditions. Then, in the way they
develop the different kinds of alienation as prominent themes in both works. Finally, we
examine the way they use diction, imagery, details, language and syntax to express their
resistance against alienation.
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53p.;30cm.(+cd)
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Langue, Cultures des Pays Anglophones et Media.