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the literature review of Jane EyreThe Literature Review of Jane Eyre 数学科学学院岑蔡思20072201302 Jane Eyre, which is a classic novel in Victorian age in Britain, has not only attracted readers from different countries of different ages but attracted different literary and art criticism. It has pre...

the literature review of Jane Eyre
The Literature Review of Jane Eyre 数学科学学院岑蔡思20072201302 Jane Eyre, which is a classic novel in Victorian age in Britain, has not only attracted readers from different countries of different ages but attracted different literary and art criticism. It has presented great wisdom in different criticism. It is one of the most concerned novels by scholars of different countries in the worldwide criticism topic “Bronte Literature”, in China, it has ever been a hotshot of western literary criticism [1].Therefore, this article is to make a general summary of the researches before and let readers and scholars do better research of it. And I'd like to make this general review in terms of theme, character, writing style and figure of speech. 1. Theme Reviewing comments on Jane Eyre,it is an unavoidable topic to explore its theme,according to my rough statistics,in recent years,many critics have been inclined to read Jane Eyre as a feminist novel.they think the theme of Jane Eyre is the liberty of female.With the continuous development of Civil Right Movement fighting for democracy, liberty and equality from all over the world, both the sense of class and the sense of pursuing the equality of men and women were born. Therefore, the theory of criticism reflecting feminism was born[2].Jane Eyre is the first character who has great sense of struggling in the history of British literature. in the introduction of this novel's third edition, Joyce Carol Oats once said: “There were many female who fought for liberty in British literature before the publication of Jane Eyre. However, there was no one like Jane Eyre who was poor and normal fighting against a patriarchal society consciously.”[3] Therefore, many scholars from home and abroad have done many researches about this novel in the view of feminism. . In addition,some scholars have different ideas,they think Jane Eyre touches on a number of important themes while telling a compelling story,such as morality,independence,atonement and forgiveness,love and passion and so on.[4] More extremely,based on Freud's psychoanalysis, some modern scholars point out that Charlotte's works are full of naked lust,'incestuous impulse in one's mind',sense of guilty to mother and Electra complex.[5] 2. Character Characters are the soul of a novel, which is especially true in Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre has described a young lady who was poor but kept her nose clean and pursued her own ideal love in her strong sense of economic independence and respectable personality.[2] However, more scholars have used psychoanalytic view to discuss Jane Eyre's self consciousness and self-humiliation and the characteristics of the writer Charlotte Bronte and so on. Kang Dan once said, the writer Charlotte Bronte dared to pursue the self-value of feminism and tried to create harmonious love[6]. In one of Guo Xiaomei's writings, she said, although Jane Eyre has the female's characteristics of gentleness and obedience, she has more male's characteristics of braveness and activeness. Jane Eyre has reflected the hope of realizing the dream of equality between male and female. She has played a major role in encouraging women to pursue the life of equality, liberty and independence with a more active mind[7]. 3. Writing style and figure of speech Bronte had become quite familiar with Bible since childhood and she had been greatly influenced by the rhythm and writing style of Bible. She had used parallelism many times in Jane Eyre. [8] ①Progressive Parallelism The novel Jane Eyre has inherited progressive parallelism of Bible, which looks simple but goes deeper step by step and makes the characters more distinct when describing them. Parallel structure not only strengthens the rhythm of language but also presents the characteristics distinctly. [8] ②Synonymous Parallelism The writer is good at using the writing method Synonymous Parallelism to express her emotions. For example, when Jane saved Rochester in the big fire, she said, “Good-night again, sir. There is no debt, benefit, burden, obligation, in the case. ”This sentence not only makes Rochester respect and love her more but also let readers understand Jane's characteristics deeper and feel that the emotions are real and affective. [8] ③Metaphor and Symbolism Special language style, especially the skillful usage of metaphor and symbolism, is one important characteristic of Jane Eyre. Bronte has used many kinds of metaphor and symbolism in Jane Eyre. [6] For example, fire, which has been mentioned for many times and throughout the whole novel, has much complicated symbolism.In the novel, fire is not only the symbol of brightness and warmness but also the symbol of the characters and feelings of the hero and heroine with multi-meanings,it is not only the symbol of the happy love of Jane Eyre and Rochester but also the symbol of the independent, passionate and rebelling character of Jane Eyre.[5]Jane Eyre forebodes the heroine's destiny from different aspects and view points. Therefore, the novel has much dim tone and reflected the theme of the novel. Finally, moon and fire have become main symbols of this novel. [9] Also, there is much controversy about the theme of Jane Eyre. There is no doubt that through reading Jane Eyre, we can see females' sense of being independent. However, we will certainly break up the system of semantics and destroy the novel and has unfair criticism if we do such an extreme research. For example, many scholars think Bertha Antoinetta Mason is a direct victim of the patriarchal society and is sure to be a crazy avenger. Scholars at home think the mission of Mason is to destroy the patriarchal society and help women get rid of it. Her final death reflected women were bullied and suffered at that time. The things concealed were their pain and anger. However, the craziness of Mason was inherited and in the novel Rochester shouted to many people pointing to Mason: “Mason, who is insane, was born in an insane family.” Besides, Bronte may not have such high sense of feminism in early 1800s and we consider Mason as the victim of the patriarchal society indirectly from the text. Although it seems quite interesting, it needs discussing when we choose the research method of ignoring the text.[5] References: [1]杨静远,1986(3),勃朗特姐妹的生平与创作(2),名作欣赏 [2]李国源,1999 (1),《简爱》“妇女解放”主题浅探,安徽广播电视大学学报 [3]勃朗特,1995,简·爱[M],上海:上海译文出版社 [4]Jane Eyre[EB/OL]#Themes [5]王淑杰,2004,试论《简·爱》的主题、人物与意象,吉林大学硕士学位论文 [6]康丹,2007(12),论夏洛蒂·勃朗特的妇女观——解读《简·爱》中的自我意识和自卑心理,湖北社会科学 [7]郭笑梅,200l(7),双性同体的新女性——《简·爱》形象新析,四川外语学院学报 [8]陈湛妍,2003,《简·爱》与圣经,湛江师范学院学报 [9]王文惠,2003,爱之路的象征: 月亮与火——《简·爱》中意象与爱情的宗教读解,齐齐哈尔大学学报(哲学社会科学版)
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