Volume 1, Issue 2, 2014
Cristina-Georgiana Voicu
Pages 157-163
Cognitive and Identitarian Aspects in Jean Rhys’ Fiction
From Gnỗthi seautόn (‘Know Thyself’) to cognitive theories of the self there has been a long time, but the paradigm has almost remained the same. This article proposes a reconsideration of their rediscovery filtered through Jean Rhys’ post-colonial sensitivity. Between the ‘core self’ and its iridescent, exotic edges, broadly speaking, the thoroughly analyzed facets of cultural identity interpose.