charlotte-bronte夏洛蒂勃朗特

CharlotteBrontë1816-1855Focus1.Herlife2.Herworks3.HerMasterpiece:JaneEyre1)Plot2)Setting3)Character4)Theme5)WritingfeaturesBrontësistersEmily1818-1848Anne1820-1849HerlifeTheBrontesisterswereborninYorkshire.In1820Mr.BrontëmovedhisfamilytoHaworth,aremoteandgloomyvillageontheYorkshiremoors.DuringthefollowingyearsatHaworth,theyhadagreatdealoffreedomtoexplorethesurroundingcountryside.（Theywereimpressedandinspiredbyit)Brontë’sCountryYorkshireHomeoftheBrontësistersHaworthThisistheschoolroomwhereallthreeoftheBrontesisterstaught.NorthLees,CharlotteBrontë'sinspirationforThornfieldHallinJaneEyreThornfieldThornfield:thorn（荆棘，使人生气或苦恼的事物）＋field.ItisanimageinBiblewhichalludestoJane’ssufferingfromtheunfairlifeandresistingthetemptationfromtheoutsideworld.HerworksJaneEyre(1847,《简爱》)Shirley(1849,《雪莉》)Villette(1853，《维莱特》)TheProfessor:ATale(1857,herfirstwrittenbutlastpublished，《男教师》)BBC'sAdaptationofJaneEyreHermasterpiece:JaneEyre1)Plot2)Setting3)Character4)Writingfeatures5)Theme1.PlotTherearefivedistinctstagesofdevelopment,eachlinkedtoaparticularplace:1.ChildhoodatGateshead2.GirlhoodatLowoodSchool3.AdolescenceatThornfield4.MaturitywiththeRiversfamilyatMoorHouse5.FulfillmentinmarriagetoRochesteratFerndean.AtGatesheadJane’sparentsdiedasshewasababy.JanegrowsupatGatesheadHallMrs.ReedandherchildrenJohn,ElizaandGeorginatreatJanecruelly.Bessie,theservantatGatesheadHallisasympatheticwomanwhofeelssorryforJane.AtLowoodMrs.ReedsendshertoLowoodSchool.ShemakesfriendwithagirlcalledHelenBurns.ShealsoadmiresherheadteacherMiss.Temple.Shestayseightyearsasapupilandthentwoyearsasateacher.AtThornfieldJanebecomesthegovernessforAdele.JanemetMr.Rochester,themasterofThornfield.Mr.RochesterstayslongerthanusualatThornfield.OnenightJanewakesupandhearsalaughter.WhenJanecomesbacktoThornfieldfromheraunt,Mr.Rochesterissohappytoseeheragain.Heconfesseshislove.Theydecidetomarry.Beforetheweddingday,Jane’swhitedressistorn.Ontheweedingday,theceremonyisstoppedasMr.Rochesterhasawifestillliving.JanedecidestoleaveMr.Rochesterandfleesinnight.Onedayshecomestoahouseinthemoor.IntheMoorHouseTheypickupJaneandlookafterher.Theytreathernicely.St.John,theclergyman,helpshertofindajobasateacherThey,whoaretheJane’scousins,tellherthattheirunclediedandJaneistheheiressof20.000poundsOnedayshedecidestogobacktoThornfieldhall,onlytoseewhathashappenedtohim.ShelearnsthatMr.Rochesterlivesbutheisblind.AtFerndeanTheycometogetheragain,marryandJanegivesbirthtoason…DetailedNovelreading1.AtGatesheadChildhood:Orphan1.AtGateshead(Chapter1)1)landscapepainting:AchillNovemberday(1.Nopossibilityoftakingawalk?2.TranslatetheimagesinPara.1)2)wretchedemotionalstate:(Howdoyouthinkofthepastparticiple“nipped”;“saddened”,“humbled”?)1.AtGateshead(Chapter1)3)Thesaid…clusteredround…mamma…Me…excluded…(Drawapictureofthedrawing-room.AndhowdoyouthinkofJane’spositioninthefamily)1.AtGateshead(Chapter1)4)Role-playofthedialoguebetweenJohnandJane.5)HowdoyouthinkofJane’sresponse?IfyouwereJane,whatwouldyoudo?1.AtGateshead(Chapter2&3)1.Fillintheblanksoftheparagraphaboutredroom.“…chill,because…;silent,because…;solemn,because…”1.AtGateshead(Chapter2&3)2.FillintheblanksoftheparagraphaboutJane’sreflectiononpoverty.Povertylooks__...;…:…;connectedwith__clothes,__food,__grates,__manners,and__vices:…Poverty…synonymouswith__.2.AtLowoodGirlhood:Friendship2.AtLowoodGirlhood:Friendship1.Symbolicmeaningofthenaturalsceneryinchapter5“Rain,wind,anddarknessfilltheair;…adoor…”2.AtLowoodGirlhood:Friendship2)Role-playofthedialoguebetweenHelenandJaneinChapter6.3)Howdoyouunderstandtheenduranceinthelife?2.AtLowoodGirlhood:Friendship4)TranslatethesentencebyJaneonexperienceandlibertyinChapter10&11.Andwhatroledoesitplayinthewholenovel?3.Adolescence:love3.AtThornfieldAdolescence:love1.landscapepaintingandatmospheresofmystery,horrorandprophesyStrangeLaughter(Chapter11)Clearfrostynight(Chapter12)Mid-summerevening(Chapter23)Lightningandstorm(Chapter23)3.AtThornfieldAdolescence:love2.portraitofRochester(Chapter12)3.HowdoesJanethinkofherencounterwithRochester?(Chapter12)3.AtThornfieldAdolescence:love4.Role-playofthedialoguebetweenRochesterandJaneinChapter14.5.HowdoyouthinkofJane’sinnerthoughts“Igrieveforyourgrief”inChapter15andhisfrustratedloveinChapter16&17.3.AtThornfieldAdolescence:love6.Role-playofthedialoguebetweenRochesterandJaneinChapter23.4.Maturity:innerconflictsThatIhavetoleavehimdecidedly,instantly,entirely,isintolerable.Icannotdoit.–chapter275.AtFerndeanFulfillment:familyTobetogetherisforusatonceasfreeasinsolitude,asgayasincompany.5.AtFerndeanFulfillment:familyRole-playofthedialoguebetweenRochesterandJaneinChapter37.Writingfeatures(PointofView)JaneEyreiswritteninthefirstperson(“I”)whichfunctionsasfollows:1.indicatesthecharacteristicofautobiography.2.befavorabletorevealintense,fierceandsharpfeelingsdirectlyandpowerfully.3.providesafullandcompletethoughtsofthewholeeventandtheothercharactersfromtheangleofvisionofthenarrator.4.makestheworkconsistentandtendstogiveauthorit