简爱总结分析和总结.docx

FULLTITLE· JaneEyre

AUTHOR·CharlotteBront?(originallypublishedunderthemalepseudonymCurrerBell)

TYPEOFWORK·Novel

GENRE·Ahybridofthreegenres:theGothicnovel(utilizesthemysterious,thesupernatural,thehorrific,theromantic);theromancenovel(emphasizesloveandpassion,representsthenotionofloversdestinedforeachother);andtheBildungsroman(narratesthestoryofacharacter’sinternaldevelopmentasheorsheundergoesasuccessionofencounterswiththeexternalworld)

LANGUAGE·English

TIMEANDPLACEWRITTEN· 1847,London

DATEOFFIRSTPUBLICATION· 1847

PUBLISHER·Smith,Elder,andCo.,Cornhill

NARRATOR·JaneEyre

CLIMAX·Thenovel’sclimaxcomesafterJanereceiveshersecondmarriageproposalofthenovel—thistimefromSt.JohnRivers,whoasksJanetoaccompanyhimtoIndiaashiswifeandfellowmissionary.Janeconsiderstheproposal,eventhoughsheknowsthatmarryingSt.Johnwouldmeanthedeathofheremotionallife.SheisonthevergeofacceptingwhenshehearsRochester’svoicesupernaturallycallinghernamefromacrosstheheathandknowsthatshemustreturntohim.Shecanretainherdignityindoingsobecauseshehasproventoherselfthatsheisnotaslavetopassion.

PROTAGONIST·JaneEyre

ANTAGONIST·Janemeetswithaseriesofforcesthatthreatenherliberty,integrity,andhappiness.Charactersembodyingtheseforcesare:AuntReed,Mr.Brocklehurst,BerthaMason,Mr.Rochester(inthatheurgesJanetoignoreherconscienceandsurrendertopassion),andSt.JohnRivers(inhisurgingoftheoppositeextreme).Thethreemenalsorepresentthenotionofanoppressivepatriarchy.BlancheIngram,whoinitiallystandsinthewayofJane’srelationswithRochester,alsoembodiesthenotionofarigidclasssystem—anotherforcekeepingJanefromfulfillingherhopes.

SETTING(TIME) ·Earlydecadesofthenineteenthcentury.

SETTING(PLACE) ·Thenovelisstructuredaroundfiveseparatelo