charlotte bronte

1、Jane Eyre Background knowledgeCharlotte Bront and her Jane EyreCharlotte,1816-1855Emily,1818-1848Anne,1820-1849A brief biography They were born in Yorkshire. In 1820 Mr. Bront moved his family to Haworth, a remote and gloomy village on the Yorkshire moors. During the following years at Haworth, they

2、 had a great deal of freedom to explore the surrounding countryside. All the Bront scribbled poetry secretly. In 1846 they published their first and only poetry Poems by the authors named Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell (the pseudonyms they choose preserved their own initials). However, their poetry pr

3、oved failure which led all three to begin work on novels.Bronts countryHaworthBront sisters novelsCharlotte:Jane Eyre (1847,by Currer Bell) Shirley (1849, by Currer Bell,雪莉)Villette (1853，維萊特)The Professor: A Tale (1857, her first written but last published，男教師)Emily:Wuthering Heights (1847)Anne:Agn

4、es Grey (1847)The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848，懷德菲爾莊園的房客)Jane EyreJane EyreJane Eyre, taking the form of autobiographies written by authoritative and reliable narrators tells a story of a childs development and maturation. Its popularity and success owns much to its exceptional emotional power. Dee

5、p inside Jane we discover Charlottes soul.Autobiographical elements1. Helen Burns s death recalls the death of Charlottes sisters at Cowan Bridge.2. It is a work of critical realism as well as the first and one of the most popular works of the working middle- class women.3. Janes experience originat

6、es from Charlottes own experience. It is the first governess novel in the history of English literature.Jane Eyres developmentThere are five distinct stages of development, each linked to a particular place: Janes childhood at Gateshead, her education at the Lowood School, her time as Adeles governe

7、ss at Thornfield, her time with the Rivers family at Moor House, and her reunion with and marriage to Rochester at Ferndean.How is Jane? (1)Jane is an orphan who grows up lonely without nobody caring for her.Jane is a small, plain and poor governess of Victorian era instead of the rich, gentle, frai

8、l, beauties of the conventional heroine. Jane only has an intense feeling, a ready sympathy and a strong sense of equality and independence.How is Jane? (2)Most importantly, Jane dares to love her master and marries him openly in defiance of the social convention and prejudices. It makes her as an e

9、ntirely new woman in the era of Victorian.Jane is a spirited and intelligent woman to accept her appointed place in society with unusual frankness and with a passionate sense of the dignity and needs of her sex.Some questions1. What do you think Mr. Rochester? Why does he fall in love with Jane? Wha

10、t intrinsic qualities of Jane attract him? Is his former life happy? Why?2. Is John River cruel? Does he really love Jane? Why does he choose Jane as his partner to India?3. What had Jane always been pursuing in her whole life? How does the author express Janes feelings?Writing Style in Jane EyreJan

11、e Eyre is written in the first person (“I”) which functions as follows:1. indicates the characteristic of autobiography.2. be favorable to reveal intense, fierce and sharp feelings directly and powerfully.3. provides a full and complete thoughts of the whole event and the other characters from the a

12、ngle of vision of the narrator.4. makes the work consistent and tends to give authority and credibility to the narrative. The use of verb, adjective and adverb reinforces the strength of emotions. It makes the sentence more intense and reflects the sharp anguish and inner struggles of the characters

13、. While reading, we cant help temporarily identifying ourselves with the characters. It proves especially in Janes declaration. The following are two examples selected from chapter 23, Jane Eyre:“要離開桑菲爾德，我感到憂傷，因為我愛桑菲爾德；我愛它，因為我在這里過了一段充實而愉快的生活，盡管是短暫的。我沒有被人踩在腳下。我沒有被嚇倒。我沒有跟一些頭腦遲鈍的人一起遭到埋沒，而且沒有被排斥在同聰明、能干和

14、崇高的人交往的圈子之外。我曾經(jīng)面對面地與我所敬重所喜愛的人，與一個有獨到見解、充滿活力而開朗的心靈促膝談心。我已經(jīng)對您有所了解，羅切斯特先生，要我非得從您這里永遠(yuǎn)走開，我感到恐懼和痛苦。我看到我非走不可，就仿佛看到我非死不可一樣?！钡?3章，戴侃譯。I grieve to leave Thornfield:I love Thornfield: I love it, because I have lived in it a full and delightful life, momentarily at least. I have not been trampled on.I have not

15、been petrified. I have not been buried with inferior minds, and excluded from every glimpse of communion with what is bright and energetic and high.I have talked, face to face, with what I reverence, with what I delight in, with an original, a vigorous, an expanded mind.I have known you, Mr. Rochest

16、er; and it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever.I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of death.“我告訴您我一定要走，”我有些惱火地反駁說?！澳詾槲夷芰粝聛碜鲆粋€對您毫無意思的人嗎？您以為我只是臺自動機器，一臺沒有感情的機器嗎？您以為我能容忍別人把我那一小口面包從嘴里搶走，把我那一滴賴以活命的水從杯子里潑掉嗎？您以為我既然又窮又賤

17、，長得又不美，個子又小，我就沒有靈魂，沒有心肝了嗎？您想錯了！我的靈魂跟您的一樣高尚，心也跟您的一樣充實！要是上帝能賜給我一點美和許多的財富，我也會讓您難以離開我，就像我現(xiàn)在難以離開您一樣。我現(xiàn)在并不是從世俗習(xí)慣、甚至也不是從凡人的軀體出發(fā)對您講這番話，這是我的靈魂在跟您的靈魂對話，仿佛我們倆穿過了墳?zāi)梗黄鹫驹谏系鄣哪_下。彼此平等因為我們就是平等的呀！” I tell you I must go! I retorted, roused to something like passion. Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do

18、 you think I am an automaton?-a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!I have as much soul as yo

19、u-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my sprit that address

20、es your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal-as we are! The writing style of Jane Eyre1. the rich nature images which help establish the characters lives and build their personalities. 2. the framework of fair tale such as Cinderella (a heroine who is ill- treated by her stepmother but gets married to a prince later).3. various rhetorical devices and