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1、AbriefintroductionGothicfictionByronicheroJaneEyreTypeofwork:novelGenre:Gothicnovel,romancenovel,Bildungsroman(教育小说,以描述主角心理成长为主)Protagonist:JaneEyrePointofview:AlloftheeventsaretoldfromJane’spointofview.Narrator:afirst-personnarrativeofthetitlecharacter(J
2、aneEyre)Setting(time):Earlydecadesofthe19thcenturySetting(place):GatesheadLowoodSchoolThornfieldMoorHouseFerndeanClimax:Janealmostreceivestheproposalfromhercousin,St.JohnRivers,meanwhile,shehearsRochester’svoicesupernaturallycallinghernamesoshedecidestore
3、turntohim.Themes:Loveversusautonomy;genderrelationsMotifs:Fireandice;substitutemothers“togainsomerealaffectionfromyou,orMissTemple,oranyotherwhomItrulylove,Iwouldwillinglysubmittohavetheboneofmyarmbroken,ortoletabulltossme,ortostandbehindakickinghorse,and
4、letitdashitshoofatmychest”chapter8“Womenaresupposedtobeverycalmgenerally:butwomenfeeljustasmenfeel;theyneedexercisefortheirfaculties,andafieldfortheireffortsasmuchastheirbrothersdo;theysufferfromtoorigidarestraint,tooabsoluteastagnation,preciselyasmenwoul
5、dsuffer;anditisnarrow-mindedintheirmoreprivilegedfellow-creaturestosaythattheyoughttoconfinethemselvestomakingpuddingsandknittingstockings,toplayingonthepianoandembroideringbags.Itisthoughtlesstocondemnthem,orlaughatthem,iftheyseektodomoreorlearnmorethanc
6、ustomhaspronouncednecessaryfortheirsex.”chapter12Tone:mysterygothicsecrecyhorrorromantic,affectionateandconfessionalGothicFictionElementsofgothicfictionVirginalMaiden–young,beautiful,pure,innocent,kind,virtuous;usuallystartsoutwithamysteriouspastanditisla
7、terrevealedthatsheisthedaughterofanaristocraticornoblefamily.Older,FoolishWomanHeroClergy–alwaysweak,usuallyevil用来指称一种中世纪建筑风格,这种风格多用于教堂和古堡,其特点是拥有高耸的尖顶、厚重的石壁、幽暗的内部和阴森的地道等。而那些崇尚古希腊文明的思想家们,由于对此类建筑的反感,将“哥特”一词演变为野蛮、恐怖、神秘和黑暗的代名词。18世纪,一种以恐怖和神秘为基调、多发生在荒郊古堡的小说样式,被
8、人们赋予了“哥特式”小说的名称。这类小说常以古堡、荒原、废墟等环境为背景,气氛阴森、神秘、充满悬念,常常充斥着暴力、复仇和死亡的情节。作品中的人物因受到某种形式的鬼魂、幽灵、怪兽或“不可知物”的侵扰而表现出来害怕死亡或疯狂的高度焦虑状况。ByronicHeroTypicaltraitsArrogantDisrespectfulofrankandprivilegeHavingatroubledpastorsufferingfro