Even before opening the book, the reader is informed that it is her story and that she is also the narrator, which explains our interest in the close link that exists between the act of reading and the creative act of writing. On its publication in 1847, the novel was entitled Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. One of the reasons is that Jane Eyre 1 presents itself as a work in creation. Written some 160 years ago, it has never ceased to attract readers and to nourish the imagination of authors. All parenthetic references to Jane Eyre ( JE, (.)ġCharlotte Brontë’s novel has inspired and initiated the creation of numerous texts, films and plays. Brontë, Jane Eyre, New York : Norton, 2001. Des auteurs, des réalisateurs ont répondu à cette invitation en écrivant leur propre version et en faisant de Jane Eyre une histoire sans fin. ![]() Ces recommencements de l’histoire sont autant d’invitations au lecteur qui peut ainsi redécouvrir le roman sous un angle toujours renouvelé. Au fur et à mesure qu’elle évolue, l’héroïne découvre de nouveaux lieux dans lesquels sa vie semble prendre un nouveau départ. Les hésitations de la narration rythment la progression de la diégèse. Afin de maintenir le secret sur son présent, la narratrice hésite donc souvent entre distance et identification. D’autre part, elle grandit et mûrit au fil de l’histoire, s’approchant toujours un peu plus de son double narratif. Son récit est donc d’une part inévitablement incomplet. En outre, Jane en tant que personnage ne sait et ne comprend pas tout. Mais ses mensonges ont pour but de protéger son intimité et de maintenir le lien qui la rattache au lecteur. Ce parti pris nous rappelle qu’elle est une menteuse potentielle. L’histoire racontée par Jane est éminemment subjective. L’usage de la première personne n’est pas seulement structural mais il donne aussi sa tonalité au récit et crée une impression d’intimité. ![]() In this new edition, Juliette Atkinson explores the power of narrative voice and looks at the striking physicality of the novel, which is both shocking and romantic.Le roman de Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, est habité par la voix inextinguible de l’héroïne. ![]() The emotional charge of Jane’s story is as strong today as it was more than 150 years ago, as she seeks dignity and freedom on her own terms. A flagship of Victorian fiction, Jane Eyre draws the reader in by the vigour of Jane’s voice and the novel’s forceful depiction of childhood injustice, of the restraints placed upon women, and the complexities of both faith and passion. Routine at the mansion is further disrupted by mysterious incidents that draw the pair closer together but which, once explained, threaten Jane’s happiness and integrity. The monotony of Jane’s new life at Thornfield Hall is broken up by the arrival of her peculiar and changeful employer, Mr Rochester. At the age of eighteen, sick of her narrow existence, she seeks work as a governess. Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt!’ Throughout the hardships of her childhood - spent with a severe aunt and abusive cousin, and later at the austere Lowood charity school - Jane Eyre clings to a sense of self-worth, despite of her treatment from those close to her.
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