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1、AnAnalysisofGothicFeaturesasaSuccessElementinJaneEyreChapter1IntroductionCharlotteBronte’sJaneEyreiswritteninthefirstperson,andtoldfromtheviewpointofitsmaincharacter,JaneEyre.Aspartofherfirst-personnarrative,BronteusesoneoftheoldestconventionsinEnglishf
2、iction:thisnovelisallegedlyamemoirwrittenbyarealwomannamedJaneEyreandeditedbyCurrerBell(CharlotteBronte'spseudonym).(Indeed,thefulltitleofthebookisJaneEyre:anAutobiography.Aspartofthisconvention,thenarratoroccasionallyaddressesthereaderdirectlywiththewo
3、rd"reader.")JaneEyrewaspublishedinthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury.CharlottewasgreatlyinfluencedbythegothicnovelsthatwereinfashionbeforethetimeofJaneEyre.Thegothicnovelwaspopularizedintheeighteenthandearlynineteenthcenturiesandwasdefinedbyitsuseofsuspens
4、e,supernaturalelementsanddesolatedlocationstogenerateagloomyorchillingmood.Theprotagonistofthenovelwouldgenerallybefemaleandoftenfacedistressingormorbidcircumstance.1.1GothicbackgroundofBrontesisters'reallifeCharlotteBrontewasbornin1816,asthethirdchildi
5、nacuratefamilyofHaworthinWestYorkshireonthemoor.Theharshweatheronthewildmoorisalwaysfullofviolentwind,thrillingrainandsnow,whichistheprototypeofthesettingsinJaneEyre.Whilegrowingupinthelonelystonehouseonthemoor,thesixchildren’s(5sistersand1brother)onlyc
6、ommunicatorsweretheirfather,auntandthebooks.Thefamilymembers(theirmotherandallthe5children),werealldiedofthefamilialdisease—pulmonarytuberculosis(inEmilyBronte’sWutheringHeightsitiscalled“consumption”),exceptthatCharlottediedofsepticemia.Thoughthefamily
7、waspervadedwiththedoomeddisease,thechildrenneverstoppedtheirenthusiasminreadingandwriting.In1824,Charlottewithhersisters--15--AnAnalysisofGothicFeaturesasaSuccessElementinJaneEyrewassentbyherwealthygodmothertotheCowanBridgeinLancashire,whichshedescribed
8、itastheLowoodSchoolinJaneEyre.Whenshewasfourteen,shewassenttotheRoeHeadSchooltobetrainedasagoverness.That’swherethefigureJaneEyrecomesfrom.Tohaveadeepresearchofthisnovel,criticsregarditasanautobiographyofCharlotte.VirginiaWoolfsa
