Jane Eyre: Fairytale and realism

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  • Опубліковано 8 чер 2014
  • Professor John Bowen explains how Charlotte Brontë combines fairytale, Gothic techniques and realism to give Jane Eyre its unique power. Filmed at the Brontë Parsonage, Haworth.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 15

  • @15377351
    @15377351 9 років тому +33

    I' would be pleased to listen to a good lecture about suspense, supernatural and mistery in Jane Eyre.

  • @discocunt2692
    @discocunt2692 3 роки тому +7

    I didn't really love the book but this beautiful analysis makes me appreciate it more!

  • @isobelduncan
    @isobelduncan 6 років тому +4

    There's also a similarity to Eliza Parson's The Castle of Wolfenbach, in where the main protagonist, Matilda discovers Victoria, the countess, locked up in the tower but instead forms a friendship with her.

  • @dorothywillis1
    @dorothywillis1 Рік тому +1

    I'm rather surprised this needs to be pointed out, but I am glad someone has mentioned it. Jane Eyre is firmly based in realism, but the old tales are always there to influence the characters.

  • @rae-annknapp7342
    @rae-annknapp7342 6 років тому +2

    Perfect background music!

  • @barbarabrown7974
    @barbarabrown7974 2 роки тому +5

    The strange thing in that Jane is only removed from being suitable in social status to Rochester by one generation. Her mother would have been suitable and probably was of a similar age to Bertha, whom he did marry. If one unfortunate marriage could remove the child from the "marriage market," no wonder there was so much pressure to make advantageous marriages.

  • @sillyperson859
    @sillyperson859 10 років тому +2

    Love all those books romance at its hights.

  • @bubbledreams6382
    @bubbledreams6382 8 років тому +10

    What?! I think JE is more like Beauty and the Beast.

    • @micaylab1
      @micaylab1 3 роки тому +2

      Wuthering Heights was more like Beauty and the Best.

    • @elinorcackett2314
      @elinorcackett2314 3 роки тому

      @@micaylab1 depends which version. The original where beast is polite and gentlemanly is more Jane Eyre.

  • @rul4522
    @rul4522 4 роки тому +4

    Difficult to hear! The flat voice and the music...

  • @sillyperson859
    @sillyperson859 10 років тому +2

    Love all those books romance at its hights.