1、The Bront sisters Charlotte Bront夏洛蒂布朗特(18161855) Emily Bront艾米莉布朗特(18181848) Anne Bront安妮布朗特(18201849) They were all talented writers and all of them died young. :lt Anne Bront (18201849) Their Life Storya poor clergyman family of Celtic blood 1820, move to Haworth of Yorkshireuntouched moorland wi
2、ldness with its strong windsunhappy childhoodmothers death; stern and dominant father; strict aunt; lack of suitable society Life StoryCharlotte, took care of sisters and brother, Branwellcharity school very poor conditionlovers of literatureread a lotpoems and stories togetherThe three sistersLife
3、StoryCharllote, EmilyBrussels in 1842French & Germanto open up a schoolCharlotte,a teacherunrequited love(单恋单恋) a volumenovelsfailedsucceededmisfortunes1848, Emily died a victim of consumption(肺结核肺结核)1848, Branwell died of the illness;1849, Anne died of the same illness;Father lost his eyesightCharl
4、otte decided not to be married to look after Father;Later married to Fathers curate /kjureit/(副牧师副牧师) Charlotte died less than a year after her marriage.Representative works Emily: Wuthering Heights,呼啸山庄呼啸山庄 Anne: Agnes Grey,安格尼斯安格尼斯格雷格雷 The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall 王尔德费尔庄园的佃户王尔德费尔庄园的佃户Charlottes
5、 Representative worksn1) The Professor,教授教授 (based on her Brussels experience; not published until her death)n2) Jane Eyre,简爱简爱 (masterpiece) p.295n(1) the criticism of the bourgeois system of education; the Lowood school;n(2) the description of the English country squire;n(3) position of woman in s
6、ociety: equalityCharlottes Representative worksn3) Shirley,舍丽舍丽 (p. 294. Para. 2.) dealing with the life of workers at the time of the Luddites movement (卢德运动卢德运动, 17 c. machines, deprived, work, destroy)n4) Villette,维莱特维莱特, (p. 294. Para. 2.) a realistic description of her sad experiences at a boar
7、ding school in Brussels.III. Jane Eyre by charlotte BronteJane Eyre is a first-person narrative of the title character. Partly autobiographical, the novel abounds with social criticim ,gothicism and romanticism to create a distinctive Victorian novel.ThemesnMoralitynGod and ReligionnSocial classnGen
8、der relationsnLove and PassionnIndependencenAtonement and ForgivenessnSearch for home and familyFamous Sentences 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 you,-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me wit
9、h 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 spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through th
10、e grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal,-as we are! Jane Eyren The work is one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian age. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, especially the bourgeois system of education. At the same time , it is an intense moral fable.
11、Rochester, has to undergo a series of physical and moral tests to grow up and achieve his final happiness. 1. Analyze the work2. Jane Eyres character：nJane Eyre， an orphan child with a fiery spirit and a longing to love and be loved， a poor， plain， little governess who dares to love her master， a ma
12、n superior to her in many ways， and even is brave enough to declare to the man her love for him， cuts a completely new woman image. In this novel Charlotte characterizes Jane Eyre as a naive， kind-hearted， noble-minded woman who pursues a genuine kind of love. nJane Eyre represents those middle-clas
13、s workingwomen who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights and equality as a human being. The vivid description of her intense feelings and her thought and inner conflicts brings her to the heart of the audience.Charlotte Bronte is a writer of Realism combined with Romanticism. Why is J
14、ane Eyre by her a successful novel?The story opens with the titular heroine, Jane Eyre, a plain little orphan. This novel sharply criticizes the existing society, e.g. the religious hypocrisy of charity institutions such as Lowood School where poor girls are trained, the social discrimination Jane e
15、xperiences and the false social convention as concerning love and marriage 3. The success of the novel is also due to its introduction to the English novel the first governess heroine Jane Eyre.4 It is an intense moral fable at the same time. Jane, like Mr. Rochester, has to undergo a series of phys
16、ical and moral tests to grow up and achieve her final happiness.Jane Eyre: A Ground Breaking NovelThe heroine is small, plain, & poorThe heroine is the first female character to claim the right to feel strongly about her emotions and act on her convictionsThis romantic ground had previously been res
17、erved for malesSuch a psychologically complex heroine had never been created beforeSocial ClassJane often feels inadequate compared to many of the other main characters in the novel.Jane feels that her love for Rochester is wrong because she isnt from the same class.Class segregates Jane from her co
18、usins on both sides, although it is more obvious on the Reed side.Blanche Ingram is the class opposite of Jane.ReligionReligion plays a huge role in this novel.Helen Burns taught Jane a view of faith and God that she could understand.Mr. Brocklehursts Evangelical view had negative effects on Jane, a
19、s did St. John Rivers Empirical view. Even the once cruel Eliza Reed joins a French convent. CharactersnJane EyrenThe development of Jane Eyres character is central to the novel. From the beginning, Jane possesses a sense of her self-worth and dignity, a commitment to justice and principle, a trust
20、in God, and a passionate disposition. Her integrity is continually tested over the course of the novel, and Jane must learn to balance the frequently conflicting aspects of herself so as to find contentment.nAn orphan since early childhood, Jane feels exiled and ostracized at the beginning of the no
21、vel, and the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt Reed and her cousins only exacerbates her feeling of alienation. Afraid that she will never find a true sense of home or community, Jane feels the need to belong somewhere, to find “kin,” or at least “kindred spirits.” This desire tempers her e
22、qually intense need for autonomy and freedom. In her search for freedom, Jane also struggles with the question of what type of freedom she wants. While Rochester initially offers Janea chance to liberate her passions, Jane comes to realize that such freedom could also mean enslavementby living as Ro
23、chesters mistress, she would be sacrificing her dignity and integrity for the sake of her feelings. St. John Rivers offers Jane another kind of freedom: the freedom to act unreservedly on her principles. He opens to Jane the possibility of exercising her talents fully by working and living with him
24、in India. Jane eventually realizes, though, that this freedom would also constitute a form of imprisonment, because she would be forced to keep her true feelings and her true passions always in check. Charlotte Bront may have created the character of Jane Eyre as a means of coming to terms with elem
25、ents of her own life. Much evidence suggests that Bront, too, struggled to find a balance between love and freedom and to find others who understood her. At many points in the book, Jane voices the authors then-radical opinions on religion, social class, and gender. Rochestern Despite his stern mann
26、er and not n particularly handsome appearance, Edward Rochester wins Janes heart, because she feels they are kindred spirits, and because he is the first person in the novel to offer Jane lasting love and a real home. Although Rochester is Janes social and economic superior, and although men were wi
27、dely considered to be naturally superior to women in the Victorian period, Jane is Rochesters intellectual equal. Moreover, after their marriage is interrupted by the disclosure that Rochester is already married to Bertha Mason, Jane is proven to be Rochesters moral superior.Based on Jane Eyre by Ch
28、arlotte Bronte, discuss the theme of her works and the image of women protagonists.1. Charlottes works are all about the struggle of an individual consciousness towards self-realization, about some lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, understanding and a full happy life.
29、2. All her heroines highest joy arises from some sacrifice of self of some human weakness overcome.3. The image of women protagonists in her works mostly reflect the life of the middle-class working women, particularly governesses.4. Her works present a vivid realistic picture of the English society
30、 by exposing the cruelty, hypocrisy and other evils of the upper classes, and by showing the misery and suffering of the poor. Especially in Jane Eyre, she sharply criticizes the existing society, e.g. religious hypocrisy of charity institutions. Emily Bront (1818-1848) Emily Bronte is perhaps the g
31、reatest writer of the three Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Emily Bronte published only one novel, Wuthering Heights . But that single work has its place among the masterpieces of English literature. Some of her best lyrics are also rated with the best in English poetry.Emily Bronte and
32、Wuthering Height1. As far as Emilys literary creation is concerned, she is, first of all, a poet. Her 193 poems, mostly devoted to the matter of nature with its mysterious working and its unaccountable influence upon peoples life, are works of strange sublimity beauty. They are ample proof for the p
33、oetic genius of this young, reclusive woman. But , to the common readers, she is better known today as the author of that most fascinating novel, Wuthering Heights.2. The novel is a riddle which means different things to different people. From the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man
34、 abused, betrayed and distorted by his social betters because he is a poor nobody. As a love story, this is one of the most moving: the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most intense, the most beautiful and at the same time the most horrible passion ever to be found possible in hum
35、an beings.One way of reading is to treat it as a romantic story, as a tale of love and revenge. As such, it is superb. Every character in the novel is in one way or another connected with the triangular love between Heathcliff and Catherine and Edgar. Such love affair will usually end in tragedy. An
36、d yet, it is a most terrible yet wonderful tale of love with the mutual possession and torment, with the mutual belonging in life and death.From the social point of view, the story is a tragedy of social inequality. Heathcliff, a waif, of the lowest order in society, is eager for love and friendship
37、, but is forever looked down upon and rejected by the two families. He loves Catherine dearly but he cannot have her just because of the disparity between their social status.At some deeper level, however, the story is more than a mere copy of real life. To many people it is an illustration of the w
38、orkings of the universe, a book about the cosmic harmony of the universe and the destruction and re-establishment of this harmony. Finally the harmony is reestablished when Heathcliff unites with Catherine in death and the ghosts of both stay to occupy Wuthering Heights, having young Cathy and Haret
39、on to start their young, hopeful life at Thrushcross Grange.Wuthering Heights by Emily BronteIV. Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontenAs far as Emilys literary creation is concerned， she is， first of all， a poet. Her 193 poems， mostly devoted to the matter of nature with its mysterious workings & its u
40、naccountable influence upon peoples life， are works of strange sublimity & beauty. They are ample proof for the poetic genius of this young， reclusive woman. But to the common readers， she is better known today as the author of that most fascinating novel， Wuthering Heights.1. Emilys subject matter2
41、. The theme of the novelnThe novel is a riddle which means different things to different people. From the social point of view， it is a story about a poor man abused， betrayed & distorted by his social betters because he is a poor nobody. As a love story， this is one of the most moving： the passion
42、between Heathcliff and Catherine proves the most intense， the most beautiful & at the same time the most horrible passion ever to be found possible in human beings.3. The structure of the novel The novel has a unique structure： the story is told through independent narrators unidentical with the aut
43、hor， whose personality is therefore completely absent from the book. The story is told mainly by Nelly， Catherines old nurse， to Mr. Lockwood， a temporary tenant at Grange. nThe latter too gives an account of what he sees at Wuthering Heights. And part of the story is told through Isabellas letters
44、to Nelly. While the central interest is maintained， the sequence of its development is constantly disordered by flashbacks. This makes the story all the more enticing and genuine.Emilys Wuthering HeightslHeathcliff is a rebel against the bourgeois matrimonial system (婚婚姻制度姻制度).lThe theme of the nove
45、l: a full human life (完美人生完美人生) in a capitalist society was impossible of attainment (达到达到).Discussion (p.297 Para.2)oWhat is the difference between Charlotte and Emily in expressing love?oCharlotte: othwarted(挫败的挫败的), lonely, sublimated (升华的升华的)loveoEmily:otriumph, revenge of love against the 19th
46、centuryWriting FeaturespBoth Charlotte and Emily write about their familiar things around them.pA: Charlottes Writing Features:p1) Charlottes novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love.Charlottes Writing Features 2) Her novels are more or less based
47、 on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around.3) Although her objective descriptions are detailed and exact, she is a subjective writer. Charlottes Writing Featuresl4) Her works are marked with an intensity of a volcanic(暴烈的暴烈的) imagination and fiery passions and feelings, such
48、 as extreme fear, despair, and love, which can only be understood as her own.Emilys Writing Features o1) She expresses the feelings of the hero in terms of spiritual suppress, tension and conflicts and the result to which such a feeling would lead.o2) Her novel is unique in its structure and its vis
49、ion.Emilys Writing Featuresl3) In her novel, there is the combination of extremely simple, austere (简朴的简朴的) and an adorned (修饰的修饰的) language with the most mighty and intensified effects (强强大而有力的作用大而有力的作用).Exercises1. Remember the representative works of the three Bronte Sisters.2. What are the writi
50、ng features of Charlotte and Emily?3. What are the main idea of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Height? p 经常不断地学习,你就什么都知道。你知道得越多,你就越有力量p Study Constantly, And You Will Know Everything. The More You Know, The More Powerful You Will Be学习总结结束语当你尽了自己的最大努力时，失败也是伟大的，所以不要放弃，坚持就是正确的。When You Do Your Best, Failure I
