1、2020/1/2,Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. Charlotte
2、first published her works (including her best known novel, Jane Eyre) under the pen name Currer Bell. In the past 40 years Charlotte Brontes reputation has risen rapidly, and feminist criticism has done much to show that she was speaking up for oppressed women of every age.,2020/1/2,Charlotte was bo
3、rn in Thornton, west of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1820 her family moved a few miles to the village of Haworth, a remote and gloomy village on the Yorkshire moors. During the following years at Haworth, they had a great deal of freedom to explore the surrounding countryside.（They w
4、ere impressed and inspired by it.),2020/1/2,2020/1/2,2020/1/2,1816,Born at Thornton, in Yorkshire, England,1824,Be sent with three of her sisters to the Clergy Daughters School,1821,Mother died of cancer,1835 | 1838,Teaching in Mirfield,1839 | 1841,Made a living as a governess,1842 | 1844,Went to th
5、e Pension of Herger to learn French and fell in love with Mr. Herger,1846,POEMS BY CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTONBELL,2020/1/2,1847,1855,Died in 1855 when she is 39,2020/1/2,Jane Eyre (1847, 简爱)Independence of women She represents those middle class working women who are struggling for recognition of thei
6、r basic rights and equality as human beings. Love and marriage It tells a story of true love, disinterested and pure, between Jane and Rochester. Their marriage is not based on social status and wealth, but on a feeling of mutual admiration and respect. Self-Reliance Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre
7、struggles against the cruelty and injustice inflicted upon her.,2020/1/2,Dealing with the life of workers at the time of the Luddites movement. (卢德运动),2020/1/2,A realistic description of her sad experiences at a boarding school in Brussels.,2020/1/2,Based on her Brussels experience; her first writte
8、n but not published until her death.,2020/1/2,In the 19th century , massive British women writers sprang out, such as Jane Austen, Mrs. Gaskell and Bronte sisters. They took the point of females to express their opinions about females, fates and marriages. And they also emphasize on the female educa
9、tion and equality between the sexes.,1.During this time, the British economy developed quickly. Women acquired the opportunities to be a worker. So they became more confident and their social status also were risen gradually.,With the development of economy, middle-class women obtain the chance to r
10、ead and write. They express their points directly and break the traditional notions by shaping the independent women.,2.British government paid much attention on education. They invested education and build schools so that many females can receive the education right as men. At the same time, the go
11、vernment passed laws to protect womens right.,3. Origin of Species weaken peoples religious beliefs. Females realize their status.,To discuss the issues in females point: individuals and the society ,genders , love, marriages, family and freedom.Diversityromanticism (Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice)
12、critical realism (Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre),Themes Morality God and religion Social class Gender relation Love and passion Independence Forgiveness Searh for home and family,Plot Summary,Jane Eyre is a famous novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte. It was published in London, in 1847. It is a fi
13、rst-person narrative of the title character, a small, plain-faced, intelligent and honest English orphan. The novel goes through five distinct stages: Janes childhood at Gateshead, where she is emotionally abused by her aunt and cousins; Her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and
14、 role models but also suffers privations； Her time as the governess of Thornfield Manor, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; Her time with the Rivers family at Moor house and Morton, where her cold clergyman-cousin St John Rivers proposes to her; Her reunion with and
15、 marriage to her beloved Rochester at his house of Ferndean.,Main Character,Jane Eyre-the herione, a strong personality, simple, firmess and flexibility, independent, agressive women. Her contempt for the arrogance of the rich and powerful, and laugh at their stupid show the personality and beautifu
16、l ideals of self-reliance. She has great vitality, never bow to fate. Have their own longing for a better life.,2020/1/2,Edward Fairfax Rochester-Teenfeide manor, with wealth and a strong physique, a young man he lived unconventional life, later determined to seriously life, like Jane and her to mar
17、ry him. Lost an arm and an eye in his later years when his first wife crazy arson. Eventually became the husband of Jane Eyre. Bullock Jorge Lancaster-Lowood charity school explore, hypocritical and mean. St. John Reeves- Janes cousin, handsome,heigh faith. Jane to marry him, but the simple reason t
18、hat Jane Eyre is suitable to do a missionarys wife to be his assiatant, and later a missionary to India. Adela-Rochester is her guardian, Jane Eyres student. Miss Blanche-Looks beautiful aristocratic lady, Mr. Rochesters pursuit, but not for love, but money. Mrs. Reed-Jane Eyres aunt, who against th
19、eir promised husband adoption of Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre is not fair. Son comitted suicide so that her stroke, dying conscience, telling Jane Eyre she had relatives living truth.,Personage,The theme of this novel is the orphan rough life experiences shaped a staus quo, unwilling to insult, dare to prot
20、est the image of women and reflect the frank talk to the callsign of an ordinary mind and blame, a lowercase become a capital of desire.The value of human=dignity+love,Theme,The two distinctive characteristics of her work are closely observed factual details and the extravagant adventures of the spi
21、rit in a fantasy world. Her constant theme is the struggles of an orphan girl.,To make excessive demands on hurt self-esteem, too lazy to make excessive demands to people, it will be forced to indulge themselves -The professor向人提出过高的要求有伤于自尊，懒惰地向人提出过高的要求，那将是违心地放纵自己。If we seldom enjoy the pleasure of
22、life, it is more difficult for us to taste the bitterness of despair. Unless we like a despotic excessive life. - The professor倘若我们很少领略到人生充满乐趣，那我们就更难品尝到绝望痛苦的辛酸。除非我们像野兽一样恣睢无度地生活,I have as much soul as you,- and full as much heart! 我和你一样有灵魂,一样多的感情. And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much we
23、alth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. 如果上帝赋予我美貌和财富,我一定要使你难以离开我 ,就像现在我难以离开你. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had pass
24、ed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal,- as we are! 我不在用世俗老套的东西跟你说话,也不是用我的肉体跟你说话,是我的灵魂在向你的灵魂呼唤,就如同你跟我经过坟墓,同样站在上帝面前,就像现在的我们!,Her poems are full of romantic ideas and rich diversity.,On the Death of Anne BrontBy Charlotte Bront THERE s little joy in life for me, And little terror in th
25、e grave; I ve lived the parting hour to see Of one I would have died to save. Calmly to watch the failing breath, Wishing each sigh might be the last; Longing to see the shade of death Oer those belovd features cast. The cloud, the stillness that must part The darling of my life from me; And then to thank God from my heart, To thank Him well and fervently; Although I knew that we had lost The hope and glory of our life; And now, benighted, tempest-tossed, Must bear alone the weary strife.,2020/1/2,
