Jane Eyre og samtiden

Jane Eyre og samtiden

Studieretningsprojekt i Engelsk og Historie

Nykøbing Katedralskole

[NAVN A], 3.c

22. december 2015

Studieretningsopgave Nykøbing Katedralskole 2015

Elev id: 3c 03

Elev: [NAVN A]

Fag:

Vejleder:

Engelsk A

Inger Margrethe Henriksen

Email: [EMAIL XX]

Historie A

Peter Overgård Lorentzen

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Område:

Charlotte Brontë – Jane Eyre

Opgaveformulering:

Jane Eyre og den samtid hun er skabt i.

Giv en kort redegørelse for de sociale og kulturelle normer der herskede i den tidlige Victoriatids Storbritannien (ca. 1837-1850)

Analyser og fortolk Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847, med særlig vægt på det billede Brontë tegner af kvindens situation i tiden.

Giv desuden en diskussion og vurdering af Charlotte Brontës holdning til de gængse normer i samtiden.

Endelig ønskes en vurdering af romanens aktualitet i det 21. århundrede.

Omfang 15-20 sider

Indholdsfortegnelse

Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

Indledning………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

Redegørelse………………………………………………………………………………………… 5

Victoriatidens sociale og kulturelle normer…………………………………………………..... 5

Analyse……………………………………………………………………………………………... 8

Jane Eyre med fokus på kvindens situation……………………………………………………. 8

Diskussion…………………………………………………………………………………………. 14

Charlotte Brontë og samtiden…………………………………………………………………. 14

Vurdering…………………………………………………………………………………………. 16

Jane Eyres aktualitet i det 21. århundrede…………………………………………………….. 16

Konklusion………………………………………………………………………………………... 18

Litteraturliste……………………………………………………………………………………... 20

Abstract

This study explores the social and cultural norms that dominated the Victorian age and examines how women’s role in society is reflected through Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre. To examine this, there will be given an analysis of the novel that focuses on the subject of women’s role. Women’s social status is criticized and related to Jane’s situation. Parallels are drawn from Brontë to Jane, and it is demonstrated that there are striking similarities between the dilemmas faced by the writer and the novels main character. Furthermore, the paper discusses the novels current relevance in the 21st century and it is explained how the debate about equality of the sexes seems to not yet have come to an end. Finally, the paper concludes that the Victorian age was influenced by a strict sense of moral and strictly based on social classes, which it criticized through Jane Eyre. It is also concluded, that the gender equality debate is still an ongoing topic.