PRIKAZIVANjE PROSTORA U ROMANIMA „DžEJN EJR“ ŠARLOTE BRONTE I „ŠIROKO SARGAŠKO MORE“ DžIN RIS

Abstract

A comparative study of the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Wide Saragasso Sea by Jean Rhys enabled us to reveal different intertextual aspects in which these two works are touching, and the presentation of space is one of those aspects. The paper is dedicated to discovering, analyzing and comparing images of space in these novels, in order to establish a meaningful connection between them and determine the functions of their appearance. Upon careful reading, we noticed that the space can be seen as a shelter of the main characters; it can also be an indicator of their emotional state; space can be an announcement of future events; it can be a link between the past and the present; it may depend on the perspective from which the characters speak; it was also noticed that the image of the characteristic space from the canonical novel was transported into the modernistic novel. Both main heroines feel most secure when they are on the margins, when they are invisible. Only then they can establish a stable relation with their inner being, and that connection is the one that provides peace, a sense of security and tranquility. That feeling is very close to the feeling of belonging to a certain place, which both are looking for.