《簡爱》英文详细分析.docVIP

Key Facts FULL TITLE ? Jane Eyre AUTHOR ? Charlotte Bront? TYPE OF WORK ? Novel GENRE 流派 ? A hybrid混合物 of three genres: the Gothic？ novel (utilizes 利用the mysterious, the supernatural, the horrific, the romantic); the romance novel (emphasizes love and passion, represents the notion of lovers destined注定、预定 for each other); and the Bildungsroman (narrates 叙述、讲述the story of a character’s internal 内在的development as he or she undergoes a succession of encounters 遭遇with the external world) NARRATOR 讲述者、叙述者 ? Jane Eyre CLIMAX 高潮、定点 ? The novel’s climax comes after Jane receives her second marriage proposal of the novel—this time from St. John Rivers, who asks Jane to accompany him to India as his wife and fellow missionary传教士. Jane considers the proposal, even though she knows that marrying St. John would mean the death of her emotional life. She is on the verge边缘 of accepting when she hears Rochester’s voice supernaturally calling her name from across the heath and knows that she must return to him. She can retain her dignity 尊严、高贵in doing so because she has proven to herself that she is not a slave 奴隶to passion. PROTAGONIST 提倡者、支持者 ? Jane Eyre ANTAGONIST 对手 ? Jane meets with a series of forces that threaten her liberty, integrity正直、诚实, and happiness. Characters embodying具体化、使具体化 these forces are: Aunt Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester (in that he urges Jane to ignore her conscience and surrender to passion), and St. John Rivers (in his urging of the opposite extreme). The three men also represent the notion of an oppressive压制性的、压迫的 patriarchy长者. Blanche Ingram, who initially最初、开头 stands in the way of Jane’s relations with Rochester, also embodies the notion of a rigid 刚硬的、刚性的class system—another force keeping Jane from fulfilling履行、实行、实践 her hopes. SETTING (TIME)背景 ? Early decades of the 19th century. SETTING (PLACE) ? The novel is structured around five separate locations, all supposedly in northern England: the Reed family’s home at Gateshead, th