Which postmodern novel by Jean Rhys serves as an intertextual 'prequel' to Charlotte Brontë’s 'Jane Eyre,' focusing on the character Bertha Mason?
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Correct answer: Wide Sargasso Sea
Rhys utilizes intertextuality to provide a postcolonial critique of a canonical Victorian text. By giving the 'madwoman in the attic' a voice and a history, she forces the reader to re-evaluate the original source material.
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