Charlotte’s Feminist Declaration- On Jane Eyre’s Female Consciousness 夏洛蒂_勃朗特的女权主义宣言_评简爱的女性意识.doc

Charlotte’s Feminist Declaration - On Jane Eyre’s Female Consciousness 　[ Abstract] 　The Victorian Age was men centered and men cont rolled times. Women were discriminated against by men at that time. However , the ahead of age female consciousness of Jane Eyre , the main character ofJ ane Ey re written by Charlotte Bronte ,challenged men?s authority. In this novel of the Victorian Age , Charlotte exposed and denounced men?s oppression of and discrimination against women. On the other hand , Charlotte is remarkable in port raying J ane Eyre as a self respecting and rebellious girl , desiring equality , bravely showing her love and deciding on her own marriage. Through the port rayal , Charlotte set s a new rote model for women of Victorian times as well as modern age. 　[ Key words] 　female consciousness ; self-respect ; equality 夏洛蒂·勃朗特的女权主义宣言 ———评简爱的女性意识 [摘　要] 　在男权至上的维多利亚时代,简爱超前的女性意识挑战了男性权威。在《简爱》这本小说里,夏洛蒂·勃朗特塑造了简爱心地纯洁、善于思考、自尊、倔强的性格和勇于追求平等和幸福的精神,使简爱成为维多利亚时代具有反叛意识的女性的代表。 [关键词] 　女性意识; 自尊; 平等 　　When G. K. Chesterton said ,?The novel of the 19th century was female? he must have been referring to the emergence of a number of brilliant woman writer s whose works gave voice to the feelings and aspirations of the educated women of their age.Charlotte Bronte is one of the greatest women writer s ,and her J ane Ey re is undoubtedly an out standing women?s declaration of independence and love. It is J ane Eyre?s female consciousness that awakens women and voices women?s aspiration for liberation. J ane Eyre?s female consciousness is far beyond.Victorian times. In 19th century , women did not have any status. They were discriminated against and conceived of as people inferior to men. Although women?s colleges were established at Cambridge in 1869 and at Oxford in 1879 , women could not take degrees at the university until 1920-1921. At that time , almost the only occupation open to women of good families was teaching as school mist ress or more likely serving as governess in