Jane-Eyre简爱英文PPT

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Life&Education
• In 1848 Branwell Brontë, who was an alcoholic and a drug addict, died.In 1848 Emily died. In 1849 Anne died. • 1849 Published the novel Shirley. • 1853 Published the novel Villette which was based on her experiences in Brussels （布鲁塞尔） • In June 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate(助理牧师 )and she became pregnant soon after the marriage. Her health declined rapidly during this time. She died, along with her unborn child, on 31 March 1855, at the young age of 39.
Charlotte Bronte
1816-1855 Jane Eyre《简爱》
Emily Bronte
1818-1848 Wuthering heights
Anne Bronte
1820-1849 Agnes Grey 《艾格尼斯· 格雷 》
《呼啸山庄》
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Jane Eyre
Vincent Pan School of Foreign Studies
Vincent Pan School of Foreign Studies
Plot Summary
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Jane Eyre is a famous and influential novel by English writer Charlotte Bronte. It was published in London, England in 1847. Jane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character, a small, plainfaced, intelligent and honest English orphan. The novel goes through five distinct stages:
Victorian Middle Class
• Adhered to social conventions of domesticity and religion – Characterized by public moralizing, stifling religious outlook, private hypocrisy（伪善） (Victorian gentleman publicly preached morality （公开的道德说教）but patroned brothels. （妓院的老顾主） – Propriety（得体） and prudence（节俭） were accepted values – Many families living in factory slums – Mg extreme suffering – All of this existed outside official notice of Victorian worship of family life, domesticity（家庭生活）, and the hearth
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Life&Education
• Born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children, She had three sisters and a brother. • Charlotte's mother died of cancer in 1821. • In August 1824, Charlotte was sent with three of her sisters, Emily, Maria, and Elizabeth, to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire. • Two elder sisters, Maria (born 1814) and Elizabeth (born 1815), who died of tuberculosis 肺结核 in June 1825 .
• 4.) Her time with the Rivers family at Marsh's End (or Moor House) and Morton, where her cold clergyman-cousin St John Rivers proposes to her;
• 5.) Her reunion with and marriage to her beloved Rochester at his house of Ferndean.
Vincent Pan School of Foreign Studies
Middle Class Women
• Expected to marry, produce large families, and tend to their children • Unmarried women were limited to respectable work as a governess or teacher • The poor women worked in factories • Women’s restrictions were evident from their clothing, and they were expected to act with utmost propriety （得体）
Jane Eyre
---- Charlotte
Bronte
Content
• Author • Introduction of Jane Eyre • Sentence Appreciation
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Author——Charlotte Bronte
(1816-1855)
An English novelist and poet
• Plot Summary
Chapter1~4:Jane's childhood at Gateshead Chapter5~10:Jane’s education at Lowood School Chapter11~26:Jane’s time as the governess
of Thornfield Hall
Historical background of Jane Eyre
• Victorian Age (Queen Victoria’s reign,1837-1901): – Industrial Revolution=social upheaval（动乱）
• Farm workers migrating into cities causes mass unemployment, poverty, women and children working in factories for very low wages.
Novels：
Novels And
Poetry
1.Jane Eyre, 1847 2.Shirley, 1849 3.Villette<<维莱特>>, 1853 4.The Professor《教师》, published posthumously in 1857
Poetry：In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
self-financed the publication of a joint collection of poetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
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The Bronte Sisters
The Works of Bronte Sisters
• 1847 Published the novel Jane Eyre--- an immediate success . • In 1848 Charlotte and Anne visited their publishers in London and revealed the true identities of the “Bells.”（女性作家认可偏 见适合判断 议论猜测舆论）
Chapter27~35:Jane’s time with the Rivers family Chapter36~38:Jane’s reunion with and marriage to her beloved Rochester
Jane Eyre --- The Story
• Jane lives with her aunt who is rude and unjust to her and sends her to a charity school for poor girls, where she lives an intolerable life and stays for eight years. • Then Jane becomes a governess to a little girl in the family of a squire（乡绅） called Mr. Rochester. The squire falls in love with her. • While they are about to hold their wedding ceremony in the church, Jane learns that Rochester has got a wife who is mad.