Jane Eyre Gothic Romance Mysteries Supernatural Horror Dark

Jane Eyre & Gothic Romance • Mysteries • Supernatural • Horror • Dark backgrounds Medieval ruins, haunted castles, Gothic architecture, etc… • Death, darkness, doubles, madness, secrets, hereditary curses • Lord Byron (1788 -1824)– Byronic Hero (Rochester) • Females: persecuted maidens, femme fatales, madwomen • Religion: Criticism of Catholism (esp. Roman Catholic Church)

Gothic Romance Cont. • Female Gothic: – Exploring woman's entrapment within domestic space and subjection to patriarchal authority and the transgressive and dangerous attempts to subvert and escape such restriction. – These novels usually concern spirited young women, either governesses or new brides, who go to live in large gloomy mansions populated by peculiar servants and precocious children and presided over by darkly handsome men with mysterious pasts.

Other Gothic Works AND/OR Those Influence by Gothic Lit. • Charles Dickens • Edgar Allen Poe – “The Fall of the House of Usher” • Henry James – The Turn of the Screw • Robert Louis Stevenson – Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde • Bram Stoker’s – Dracula • Charlotte and Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) • Mary Shelley - Frankenstein

Byronic Hero cont. http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Byronic_hero http: //www. umd. umich. edu/casl/hum/eng/classes/434/charwe b/CHARACTE. htm http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Paradise_Lost http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Pilgrim%27 s_Progress

Femme Fatales A femme fatale (plural: femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetypal character of literature and art. The phrase is French for "deadly woman, " or "fatal woman. " A femme fatale tries to achieve her hidden purpose by using feminine wiles such as beauty, charm, and sexual allure. Typically, she is exceptionally well-endowed with these qualities.

Bildungsroman As a bildungsroman, Jane Eyre follows the journey of its heroine’s development from impassioned youth to intellectual and emotional maturity.

Wednesday’s Topics for Discussion Rochester’s Blindness Foils Womens’ roles symbolized Locations Weather