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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 WhenG.K.Chestertonsaid,“Thenovelofthe19thcenturywasfemale”hemusthavebeenreferringtotheemergenceofanumberofbrilliantwomanwriterswhoseworksgavevoicetothefeelingsa
4、ndaspirationsoftheeducatedwomenoftheirage.CharlotteBronteisoneofthegreatestwomenwriters,andherJaneEyreisundoubtedlyanoutstandingwomen’sdeclarationofindependenceandlove.ItisJaneEyre’sfemaleconsciousnessthatawakenswomenandvoiceswomen’saspirationforliberation.JaneEyre’sfemaleconsciousnessi
5、sfarbeyondVictoriantimes.In19thcentury,womendidnothaveanystatus.Theywerediscriminatedagainstandconceivedofaspeopleinferiortomen.Althoughwomen’scollegeswereestablishedatCambridgein1869andatOxfordin1879,womencouldnottakedegreesattheuniversityuntil1920-1921.Atthattime,almosttheonlyoccupati
6、onopentowomenofgoodfamilieswasteachingasschoolmistressormorelikelyservingasgovernessinaprivatefamily.TheVictorianmoralcodeforwomenwasthattheyshouldremainignorantanduneducated.So,novelsaboutyounggirlswhowentoutaloneintotheworld,sufferedvarioustrials,miseriesandtemptation,andemergedchaste
7、andtriumphanthadbeenpopularinEnglandforoveracentury.CharlotteBronteandherJaneEyrechallengedtheoldcommandmentandtraditionaldiscriminationtowomen.ThatiswhyJaneEyrewascriticizedbysomepeople.LionelStevensonsaid,“JaneEyrewasanintolerablerenegadefromallthestandardsofbehaviorexpectedo
