1、Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855),Life and career,1816: born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England 1820: moved a few miles to Haworth 1821: 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 Mirfield(米菲爾德）, met her lifelong frien

2、ds .（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, health declined rapidly 1855: di

3、ed, with unborn child ,Haworth,Main works,Jane 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 Sisters,Charlotte Bronte (18

4、16-1855) 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, who expressed a

5、n 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（洛伍德學校）, where she a

6、cquires 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 reunion with and marria

7、ge 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. Finally she expressed

8、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 Fairfax Rochester - ro

9、mantic 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 and