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Jane Eyre Reading Schedule:

Jane Eyre Reading Schedule:. ****Note that all chapters must be finished when you arrive to class that day!! Tues-Wed, March 25-26: Ch 1-11 Mon-Tues, March 31-April 1: Ch 12-19 Tues-Wed, April 8-9: Ch 20-24 Mon-Tues, April 14-15: Ch 25-31 Mon-Tues, April 21-22: Ch 32-38.

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Jane Eyre Reading Schedule:

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  1. Jane Eyre Reading Schedule: ****Note that all chapters must be finished when you arrive to class that day!! Tues-Wed, March 25-26: Ch 1-11 Mon-Tues, March 31-April 1: Ch 12-19 Tues-Wed, April 8-9: Ch 20-24 Mon-Tues, April 14-15: Ch 25-31 Mon-Tues, April 21-22: Ch 32-38

  2. Charlotte Bronte: • DOB: Yorkshire, England 1816 • Teacher/governess • Sister of Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) • She first published poems under a pen name • Used Gothic elements in her fiction • Married a minister for security, not for love • Died in 1854 at the age of thirty-eight and pregnant; TB was probable cause

  3. Women’s Roles in 19th Century: • Depended solely on their male counterparts- husbands, fathers, and brothers-for support • Once married, all her belongings became the property of her husband, including any kids!! The law viewed a couple as one unit, controlled by the husband.Husbands could divorce their wives for adultery, but women could not divorce their husbands • Women were treated with care and were generally protected

  4. Studied subjects that would prove useful in raising children or in managing a household;literature, painting, music • If working outside their home, middle-class women’s only options were teaching, nursing, or taking care of another family’s children (governess) • Lower-class women: maids, unskilled factory workers • Only men went to universities; they studied Latin, science, law • higher education (college) was closed to women until 1848

  5. The Governess: • Nanny/female teacher who lived with a family • Taught children (females) the necessary subjects for accomplished ladies: foreign language, drawing, reading, writing, music • She was above a servant but beneath the family, and so she was not treated as part of the family

  6. Gothic Influences: • Classic horror story, popular in England during 19th-20th centuries • Evoked a sense of mystery, fear, and terror • Fiction included mysterious happenings, frightening scenes, and supernatural occurrnces as important elements of plot • Gothic conventions: gloomy, desolate landscape descriptions, ghostly encounters, complex family histories, incidents of maddness, and revelations of shocking secrets.

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