Suffering and Narrative Consciousness in Jean Rhys: A Stylistic Exploration of the Postcolonial Experience

吉恩·里斯的苦难与叙事意识：后殖民体验的风格探索

• 批准号: 2740616
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2740616
• 关键词: Suffering; Narrative; Consciousness; Jean; Rhys

Fictional narratives offer a rare opportunity to witness mental pain. Jean Rhys's writing is characterised by themes of suffering (Maslen 2009) and notable for focusing on 'the way the world is experienced bythe self through consciousness' (Earnshaw 2018). Rhys's ethnic identity and cultural experiences feature prominently in her work-alienation, oppression, and exploitation dominate her writing (Lopoukhine et al.2020). Rhys's distinctive style of expressing mental pain offers invaluable insight into her particular brand of suffering-suffering rooted in postcolonial experience and stemming from her gender positionand liminal racialisation. Her work, therefore, provides a unique opportunity to examine the contribution of colonialism to individuals' suffering. By employing postcolonial theory alongside stylistic analysis tostudy the articulation of pain, my research will expand the understanding of colonial experiences of trauma, which have otherwise been 'routinely ignored or dismissed' in literary scholarship (Craps andBuelens 2008).Recent scholarship on fictional consciousness has precisely delineated the stylistic modes of representation that express levels of consciousness, including reflective thought and perception (Sotirova2013; Rundquist 2014). However, there is currently no research discussing how mental pain is articulated through the techniques of consciousness representation. As Lodge (2002) suggests, literary fiction is,perhaps, the most comprehensive 'record of human consciousness' available for examination, yet health communication has largely neglected this record in the study of pain. Rhys's unique model ofconsciousness interweaves various modes of narrative technique, such as first-person interior monologue, stream of consciousness, and dialogicity-making her work a rich and complex example ofthe articulation of pain hitherto unexplored stylistically. This study will, therefore, contribute valuable insight into how suffering is processed by the mind, how it distorts perceptions, and the various levels ofconsciousness in which it takes place.This project will be the first stylistic analysis of postcolonial trauma-as expressed through Rhys's consciousness representation. Studying Rhys's work and bringing together these two disciplines offersthe opportunity to understand postcolonial suffering and 'future possibilities for dealing with, resisting and representing' it (Ward 2015).October-22-June-23(Chapter 1) Investigate:scholarship on consciousness representation;research on the linguistic articulation of suffering;discourse studies on pain communication(Chapter 2) Explore postcolonial narrative studiesJune-23-September-23Review literary criticism on RhysSeptember-23-November-23Research tripsStudy Rhys's manuscripts/diaries/letters as stylistic evidenceNovember-23-March-24(Chapter 3) Review:major thematic concerns identified by critics in Rhys's writing;Rhys's articulation of her aesthetic concerns as witnessed in her diaries/lettersMarch-24-March-25(Chapter 4-6) Stylistic analysis of consciousness representation in Rhys's texts, focusing on 'WideSargasso Sea' and 'Voyage in the Dark' and drawing on examples from her other texts e.g. 'Temps Perdi'.Chapters split by modes of consciousness representation used to articulate pain: 'Interior monologue','Free indirect style', 'The dialogic'.Authorial revisions will be incorporated as further evidence of stylistic claims (Sotirova 2016).March-25-October-26(Chapter 7) Reader response empirical study examining readers' empathy and degree of suffering as aresult of Rhys's stylistic techniques (Miall 2009) and whether Rhys's trajectory towards minimalism(Savory 2004) makes the texts more impactful.October-26-April-27Conclusion

虚构的叙事提供了一个难得的机会来见证精神痛苦。Jean Rhys的写作以苦难为主题（Maslen 2009），并以关注“自我通过意识体验世界的方式”而闻名（Earnshaw 2018）。里斯的民族身份和文化经历在她的作品中占有突出地位-异化，压迫和剥削主导了她的写作（Lopoukhine等人2020）。里斯表达精神痛苦的独特风格为她独特的痛苦品牌提供了宝贵的洞察力，这种痛苦植根于后殖民经历，源于她的性别立场和阈种族化。因此，她的工作提供了一个独特的机会，审查殖民主义对个人痛苦的贡献。通过将后殖民理论与文体分析相结合来研究痛苦的表达，我的研究将扩大对殖民创伤经历的理解，否则这些经历在文学研究中会被“经常忽视或忽视”（Craps和Buelens 2008）。最近关于虚构意识的学术研究已经精确地描绘了表达意识层次的文体表征模式，包括反思性思维和感知（Sotirova 2013; Rundquist 2014）。然而，目前还没有研究讨论如何通过意识表征技术表达精神痛苦。正如洛奇（2002）所指出的，文学小说也许是可供检验的最全面的“人类意识记录”，然而健康传播在很大程度上忽略了疼痛研究中的这一记录。里斯独特的意识模式交织了各种叙事技巧，如第一人称内心独白、意识流和对话性，使她的作品成为迄今为止尚未被文体学探索的痛苦表达的丰富而复杂的例子。因此，这项研究将有助于深入了解痛苦是如何被心灵处理的，它是如何扭曲感知的，以及它发生的各个意识层次。这个项目将是第一个对后殖民创伤的文体分析-通过里斯的意识表征来表达。研究里斯的作品，并将这两个学科结合起来，提供了一个了解后殖民苦难和“未来处理，抵制和代表”它的可能性的机会。（病房2015）.十月-22-六月-23（第一章）考察：意识表征的研究;苦难的语言表达研究;疼痛沟通的语篇研究（第2章）探索后殖民叙事研究2013年6月23日至9月23日在Rumble上回顾文学批评2013年9月23日至11月23日研究之旅研究里斯的手稿/日记/信件作为文体证据11月23日至3月24日（第三章）评论：评论家在里斯作品中发现的主要主题;里斯在日记/信件中表达了她对美学的关注3月24日至3月25日（第4 - 6章）里斯文本中意识表征的文体分析，聚焦于"WideSargasso Sea"和"Voyage in the Dark"，并从她的其他文本中汲取例子，例如"Temps Perdi"。章节按用于表达疼痛的意识表征模式划分："内心独白"、"自由间接风格"、“对话”。作者的修改将被纳入作为文体索赔的进一步证据（Sotirova 2016）.三月25-十月26（第七章）读者反应实证研究，考察里斯的文体技巧对读者的移情作用和痛苦程度（Miall 2009）以及Rhys的极简主义轨迹（Savory 2004）是否使文本更具影响力。