Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre PPT 夏洛特 簡愛

1、 Jane Jane EyreEyre - CharlotteCharlotte BronteBronte (1816-1855)(1816-1855) Life and career 1816: born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England1820: moved a few miles to Haworth1821: her mother died (aunt Elizabeth Branwell布倫威爾)1824: be sent to the Clergy Daughters School (瑪麗亞、伊麗莎白）1831: education at Mirfie

2、ld(米菲爾德）, met her lifelong friends .（Ellen Nussey, Mary Taylor) 1836：- Southey(文學不是婦女的事業(yè)，也不應該是婦女的事業(yè)）1839: first served as governess to various families 1842 : travelled to Brussels布魯塞爾 to enroll in a boarding school.(1848：9月 弟弟Branwell; 12月 Emily ;1849: Anne )1854: married, became pregnant soon, hea

3、lth declined rapidly 1855: died, with unborn child ,HaworthMain worksJane Eyre(1847)Shirley(1849 ) （Emily，個性鮮明的謝利的形象）Villette (1853 ) (Lucy, 英吉利海峽，法國；夏洛蒂，布魯塞爾，教師）The Professsor(1857)（反抗精神、語言生動、描寫細膩）*Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell(1846) （Charlotte、Emily、Anne詩歌合集柯勒、埃利斯和阿克頓貝爾集）The Bronte Sister

4、sCharlotte Bronte (1816-1855) Jane Eyre 簡愛Anne Bront (1820-1849) Agnes Grey 阿格尼斯格雷Emily Bront (18181848)Wuthering Heights 呼嘯山莊Genre:an autobiographical novel settings: Charlottes first manuscript, The Professor, did not secure a publisher, then she was heartened by an encouraging response from Smith

5、, who expressed an interest in any longer works .Then she finished and sent a second manuscript in August 1847, and six weeks later Jane Eyre was published. Summary of Jane Eyre 1.) Janes childhood at Gateshead(蓋茨赫德）, where she is abused by her aunt and cousins; 2.) Her education at Lowood School（洛伍

6、德學校）, where she acquires friends （海倫;譚普爾小姐） 3.) Her served as the governess of Thornfield Manor(桑恩費爾德）, where she falls in love with her employer, Edward Rochester; 4.) Her time with the Rivers family at Moor House（沼澤地房）, where her cold clergyman-cousin St John Rivers proposes to her; 5.) Her reunio

7、n with and marriage to her beloved Rochester at his house of Ferndean（芬丁莊園）. Summary of chapter 37 Jane finally found Rochester in the Manor- House of Ferndean. But Mr. Rochester was blind because a fire burnt in his eyes shortly after Jane left. She told him her experience after her left him. Final

8、ly she expressed her love to the mater, and got married. Jane Eyre creates a woman that dares to fight for freedom and equality. It encourages women to pursuit their deserved rights. Literary reading:first-person narration, psychological description, dialogue, gothic . Main Characters: Edward Fairfa

9、x Rochester - romantic faithful,careful, confident and strong, lived unconventional life(Aele) at young age.Jane Eyre a strong personality, consideration,firmness and loyalty of love, independence, persistent of equal love, contempt for the power. Jane Eyre Edward Rochester Theme Jane Eyre illustrates a theme: the value of human = dignity + love. When she knew that Rochester has got married, she decided to leave instead of being his mistress for money. Although Rochester is disabled an