Socio-classification in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys: through the Lens of Postcolonialism and New Historicism

In Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean Rhys depicts the socio-political dimension of colonisation on communities, among many other issues. The inquiry examines Wide Sargasso Sea from a postcolonial perspective; the colonial historical context warrants further examination. Consequently, the historical context is fundamental. Therefore, the colonial historical context of Wide Sargasso Sea is crucial; hereafter, the study uses new historicism to analyze social change and reformations, both colonial and stemming from the implications of supremacy. New historicism's importance of historical context and how it operates in the creation of social structures. Postcolonialism shows the difference between the colonized and the colonizer; new historicism clarifies the historical dimension of a text through context