Jane Eyre 小说简爱的英文介绍

1、Charlotte Bront,洪深,2020/6/26,content,1,Introduction of the author,Charlotte Bront,2,Introduction of the book,3,Literary motifs,Charlotte Bront,(21 April 1816 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bront sisters whose novels have become classics of English literature

2、. She first published her works (including her best known novel, Jane Eyre) under the pen name Currer Bell.,Family,Charlotte was born in Thornton, west of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1816, the third of the six children of Maria and Patrick Bront In 1820 her family moved a few miles

3、to the village of Haworth, where her father had been appointed perpetual curate of St Michael and All Angels Church. Her mother Maria died of cancer in1821, leaving five daughters, Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, plus a son, Branwell, to be taken care of by her sister.,Early life and ed

4、ucation,In August 1824 Patrick Bront sent Charlotte, Emily, Maria and Elizabeth to the Clergy Daughters School. Charlotte maintained that the schools poor conditions permanently affected her health and physical development, and hastened the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth , who both died of tuberculos

5、is(肺结核) In June 1825.After the deaths of her older sisters her father removed Charlotte and Emily from the school. Charlotte used the school as the basis for Lowood School in Jane Eyre.,Charlotte Bront,Between 1831 and 1832 Charlotte continued her education at Roe Head school. She became an assistan

6、t teacher at the school in 1835 but she disliked the work and between 1839 and 1841 she attempted to make a living as a governess. With her aunts help,Charlotte and Emily travelled to Brussels in 1842 to study languages. In 1844, she returned home to help care for her father who was almost blind. By

7、 this time Charlotte had begun writing her own verse.,Publications,Poetry,Novels,Juvenilia,-My Angria and the Angrians -The Spell -The Secret -Lily Hart -The Foundling -The Green Dwarf -Albion and Marina -Tales of the Islanders -Tales of Angria,-from Retrospection（1835） -Poems by Currer, Ellis, and

8、Acton Bell (1846),-Jane Eyre, published 1847 -Shirley, published in 1849 -Villette, published in 1853 -The Professor,The Bront Sisters,Charlotte Bront(1816-1855) Jane Eyre简爱 Currer Bell,Emily Bront(18181848) Wuthering Heights 呼啸山庄 Ellis Bell,Anne Bront(1820-1849) Agnes Grey 阿格尼斯格雷 Acton Bell,commons

9、 of the Bronte Sisters,Theie works are marked by strong romantic element. The role of nature is especially important in the works of the Bronte Sisters. Their works are also marked by a new conception of women as heroines of vital strength and passionate feelings.,Introduction of the book,Jane Eyre

10、is a novel by English writer Charlotte Bront. It was published on 16 October 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell. The novel Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. The novel is set somewhere in the north of England, during the reign of George III (17601820) Stevie Davies descri

11、bes it as “influential feminist text” because of its indepth exploration of a strong female characters feelings.,Writing background of the book,The time the author writing Jane Eyre, Britain was the worlds leading industrial powers. But the status of British women has not changed, and was still in t

12、he status of attachment and subordinate. Career choice of female was to be a good wife, good mother. At that time, female writers would be considered against the legitimate femininity, and would receive fierce attacks by male. From masculine pennames of the Bronte Sisters we can see how difficult fe

13、male writers faced with at that time.,Introduction of the book,The story goes through five distinct stages: Janes childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also s

14、uffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her time with the Rivers family, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St. John Rivers, proposes to her; and the finale is her reunion with,

15、and marriage to, her beloved Rochester.,Introduction of the book,Jane Eyre is the novel written by Charlotte Bront accoding to her own experiences. In this novel, the author shapes a tough and independent woman who pursues true love and equality,and is a good example of all women. Jane Eyre is an or

16、phan, and is ill-treated as a little girl, She strives for her life, which makes her tough charater and strong self-respect. Because of her childhoods life environment, she learns how to live. Also just for her growing experiences, it creats her strong personality,beautiful ideal and wisdom.,Introdu

17、ction of the book,Jane Eyre is a special image out of ordinary. She makes a life by herself, dares to express her own idea. Uder the pressure of life, she always maintains her self-respect by hard work,intelligence and her tough individualism. She never gives in her own way. Though she has little fi

18、gure, Jane Eyre is huge in soul. She pursues true love and is loyal and steadfast to her beloved man. Her kindness,intelligence, and independence attract the hero. At las,tshe gets a perfect love.,Published in 1847 Jane Eyre was shocking because: The heroine is small, plain, & poor. The heroine is t

19、he first female character to claim the right to feel strongly about her emotions and act on her convictions This romantic ground had previously been reserved for males. Such a psychologically complex heroine had never been created before.,Literary motifs,Purpose of Gothic fiction was to evoke a sens

20、e of mystery,suspense,fear and terror Most Gothic stories include: mystery happenings frightening scenes supernatural occurrences gloomy landscapes incidents of madness revelations of shocking secrets,Jane Eyre uses many motifs from Gothic fiction, such as the Gothic manor (Thornfield Hall)The myste

21、ry of Thornfield Hall with its dark secrets creates a typically Gothic atmosphere of suspense. When resolved, we then get the theme of madness, also common in Gothic fiction, as is the motif of two characters, John Reed and Bertha Mason, who commit suicide. Apparently supernatural happenings are fre

22、quently mentioned, such as Janes prophetic dreams, her sense of the ghost of her uncle, the lightning striking the chestnut tree on the night she agrees to marry Mr. Rochester, and Jane and Mr. Rochester being able to hear each others call over miles of separation when St. John forces Jane into a decision to marry him.,Literary motifs,Byronic Hero Reference to famous poet, George Gordon,Lord Byron. Byroni