Charlotte-Bronte

CharlotteBronteAndHerWorksCharlotteBronte(1816-1855)•Penname:LordCharlesAlbertFlorianWellesleyCurrerBell•Occupation:governess,novelist,poet•SheintroducedthefirstgovernessnovelinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.•Sheistheforerunerofthefeminismandthefeminismliterarytradition.CharlotteAndHerSisters,BrotherSistersandbrotherDiscriptionMariaandElizabeth(1815—1825,1814—1825）MariaistheprototypeofHelenBurnsDiedavictimofconsumptionCharlotte(1816—1855)Emily(1818—1848)WutheringHeightsDiedavictimofconsumptionBranwellDiedin1848Anne(1820—1849)AgnesGreyDiedavictimofconsumption1816BornatThornton,inYorkshire,England1824BesentwiththreeofhersisterstotheClergyDaughters’School1821Motherdiedofcancer1825Twoofhersistersdied1835|1838TeachinginMirfield1839|1841Madealivingasagoverness1842|1844WenttothePensionofHergertolearnFrenchandfellinlovewithMr.Herger1846POEMSBYCURRER,ELLIS,ANDACTONBELL18471847JaneEyrewaspublished1848SisterEmilyandbrotherBranwelldied1849Shirleywaspublished1853Villettewaspublished1854.6Marriedtohisfather’sclergyman1853Diedin1855whensheis39ContrastbetweenCharlotteandJaneCharlotteBronteJaneEyreRefusedtheproposalofhergirlfriend’sbrother’sandayoungclergyman’sRefusestheproposalofhiscousinJohn’sFellinlovewithHergerFallinlovewithRochesterSisterMariadiedinaboardingschoolJane’sfriendHelenBurnsdiedinaboardingschoolBoardingschoolinBrusselsBoardingschoolinLowoodUsedtobeagovernessMakealivingasagovernessinThornField…………Charlotte’sRepresentativeworks•1)JaneEyreIndependenceofwomenSherepresentsthosemiddleclassworkingwomenwhoarestrugglingforrecognitionoftheirbasicrightsandequalityashumanbeings.LoveandmarriageIttellsastoryoftruelove,disinterestedandpure,betweenJaneandRochester.Theirmarriageisnotbasedonsocialstatusandwealth,butonafeelingofmutualadmirationandrespect.Self-RelianceThroughoutthenovel,JaneEyrestrugglesagainstthecrueltyandinjusticeinflicteduponher.•2)TheProfessor•basedonherBrusselsexperience;notpublisheduntilherdeath•3)Shirley,•dealingwiththelifeofworkersatthetimeoftheLuddites’movement(卢德运动,17c.machines,deprived,work,destroy)•4)Villette•arealisticdescriptionofhersadexperiencesataboardingschoolinBrussels.Charlotte’sRepresentativeworksCharlotte’swritingstyle•EmbodiestheEuropeanliterarytraditionofromanticism•CriticizeoftheexistingsocietyForexample,ThereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutionsofLockwoodSchool.Thefalsecoventionconcerningloveandmarriage.