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A 10 page paper which presents a
feminist examination of "Wise Children" by Angela Carter and "Wide Sargasso Sea" by
Jean Rhys. The paper uses these examinations to present a better understanding of the
20th century novel. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAsarsea.rtf
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20th century brought about so many numerous social changes that literature, and authors, could not simply lay back and keep silent, in regards to the changes. People were more actively
voicing their opinions, and the opinions of women were finally coming to the surface in regards to literature. Through studying some of the womens literature of the 20th century we
can better understand many of the changes that were taking place in society. In the following paper we examine two specific works as they relate to a feminist perspective of
the 20th century novel. The first novel to be discussed is "Wise Children" by Angela Carter. The second novel is "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. The paper then
presents a discussion and comparison that will help us to understand what these feminist stories tell us of the 20th century novel. Wise Children "Angela Carters 11th work
of fiction is as idiosyncratic as most of the works by this gifted and inventive British writer. Narrated by the septuagenarian Dora Chance, the more introspective of the illegitimate twin
daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, Englands greatest living Shakespearean, Wise Children is a giddy souffle of a novel, mock memoir, mock confession, mock romance, a post-modernist parody of a familiar
genre" (Oates carter-wise.html). Interestingly enough, even with little, or no, knowledge of Carters work we can already, from this description, see that the story is one that truly engages in
many different perspectives concerning the novel of the 20th century. We can note that her story is mocking in tone, which is something that was not necessarily commonly found in
the 20th century novel. Irony, satire, and blatant mockery was something that was perhaps not readily accepted in literature. And, in this we can understand the feminist wit as an
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