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1、Charlotte’sFeministDeclaration-OnJaneEyre’sFemaleConsciousness [Abstract] TheVictorianAgewasmencenteredandmencontrolledtimes.Womenwerediscriminatedagainstbymenatthattime.However,theaheadofagefemaleconsciousnessofJaneEyre,themaincharacterofJaneEyrewrittenbyCharlotteBronte,challengedmen’s
2、authority.InthisnoveloftheVictorianAge,Charlotteexposedanddenouncedmen’soppressionofanddiscriminationagainstwomen.Ontheotherhand,CharlotteisremarkableinportrayingJaneEyreasaselfrespectingandrebelliousgirl,desiringequality,bravelyshowingherloveanddecidingonherownmarriage.Throughtheportra
3、yal,CharlottesetsanewrotemodelforwomenofVictoriantimesaswellasmodernage. [Keywords] femaleconsciousness;self-respect;equality夏洛蒂·勃朗特的女权主义宣言———评简爱的女性意识[摘 要] 在男权至上的维多利亚时代,简爱超前的女性意识挑战了男性权威。在《简爱》这本小说里,夏洛蒂·勃朗特塑造了简爱心地纯洁、善于思考、自尊、倔强的性格和勇于追求平等和幸福的精神,使简爱成为维多利亚时代具有反叛意识的女性的代表。[关键词] 女性意识;自尊;平等 When
4、G.K.Chestertonsaid,“Thenovelofthe19thcenturywasfemale”hemusthavebeenreferringtotheemergenceofanumberofbrilliantwomanwriterswhoseworksgavevoicetothefeelingsandaspirationsoftheeducatedwomenoftheirage.CharlotteBronteisoneofthegreatestwomenwriters,andherJaneEyreisundoubtedlyanoutstandingwom
5、en’sdeclarationofindependenceandlove.ItisJaneEyre’sfemaleconsciousnessthatawakenswomenandvoiceswomen’saspirationforliberation.JaneEyre’sfemaleconsciousnessisfarbeyond.Victoriantimes.In19thcentury,womendidnothaveanystatus.Theywerediscriminatedagainstandconceivedofaspeopleinferiortomen.Al
6、thoughwomen’scollegeswereestablishedatCambridgein1869andatOxfordin1879,womencouldnottakedegreesattheuniversityuntil1920-1921.Atthattime,almosttheonlyoccupationopentowomenofgoodfamilieswasteachingasschoolmistressormorelikelyservingasgovernessinaprivatefamily.TheVictorianmoralcodeforwomen
7、wasthattheyshouldremainignorantanduneducated.So,novelsaboutyounggirlswhowentoutaloneintotheworld,sufferedvarioustrials,miseriesandtemptation,andemergedchasteandtriumphanthadbeenpopularinEnglandforoveracentury.CharlotteBronteandherJaneEyrechallengedtheoldcommandmentandtraditiona