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題名 Forgiveness in Jane Eyre
《簡愛》中的原諒
作者 吳易道
WU, Yih-Dau
貢獻者 英文系
關鍵詞 forgiveness ; Jane Eyre ; Charlotte Bronte ; reconciliation ; love ;
原諒 ; 《簡愛》 ; 夏綠蒂‧伯朗特 ; 和解 ; 愛
日期 2016-12
上傳時間 26-Apr-2018 14:35:33 (UTC+8)
摘要 Forgiveness plays a central role in the plot, characterization and even sentence formations of Charlotte Bronte`s novel Jane Eyre (1847). Yet this novel has curiously eluded the attention of most literary historians who draw on prose fiction to explain the importance of forgiveness in Victorian England. This essay argues that this omission betrays a rarely-discussed awareness that Jane Eyre challenges the Victorian understanding of forgiveness. Bronte`s contemporaries believe that forgiveness is a Christian virtue expressive of love. They also embrace forgiveness as a reconciliatory gesture productive of social and spiritual redemption. Bronte subverts both assumptions in her novel. Through Helen Burn`s self-absorption, Aunt Reed`s life-long resentment and Jane Eyre`s withheld speech, Bronte demonstrates how futile the language of forgiveness can be in resolving conflicts. In addition, Bronte incorporates the Christian language of forgiveness into her text, only to reveal how sharply it can depart from words of love and how easily it can descend into expressions of hostility. Critics of Jane Eyre have long noticed its subversive spirit and have explained it in terms of Bronte`s social criticism or feminist agenda. This essay maintains that the issue of forgiveness provides a more consistent and persuasive approach to understanding the rebellious quality of this novel.
關聯 Tamkang Review, Vol.47, No.1, pp.1-18
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.6184/fTKR201612-1
dc.contributor 英文系zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) 吳易道zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) WU, Yih-Dauen_US
dc.date (日期) 2016-12
dc.date.accessioned 26-Apr-2018 14:35:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 26-Apr-2018 14:35:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 26-Apr-2018 14:35:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/116959-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Forgiveness plays a central role in the plot, characterization and even sentence formations of Charlotte Bronte`s novel Jane Eyre (1847). Yet this novel has curiously eluded the attention of most literary historians who draw on prose fiction to explain the importance of forgiveness in Victorian England. This essay argues that this omission betrays a rarely-discussed awareness that Jane Eyre challenges the Victorian understanding of forgiveness. Bronte`s contemporaries believe that forgiveness is a Christian virtue expressive of love. They also embrace forgiveness as a reconciliatory gesture productive of social and spiritual redemption. Bronte subverts both assumptions in her novel. Through Helen Burn`s self-absorption, Aunt Reed`s life-long resentment and Jane Eyre`s withheld speech, Bronte demonstrates how futile the language of forgiveness can be in resolving conflicts. In addition, Bronte incorporates the Christian language of forgiveness into her text, only to reveal how sharply it can depart from words of love and how easily it can descend into expressions of hostility. Critics of Jane Eyre have long noticed its subversive spirit and have explained it in terms of Bronte`s social criticism or feminist agenda. This essay maintains that the issue of forgiveness provides a more consistent and persuasive approach to understanding the rebellious quality of this novel.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Tamkang Review, Vol.47, No.1, pp.1-18
dc.subject (關鍵詞) forgiveness ; Jane Eyre ; Charlotte Bronte ; reconciliation ; love ;en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 原諒 ; 《簡愛》 ; 夏綠蒂‧伯朗特 ; 和解 ; 愛zh_TW
dc.title (題名) Forgiveness in Jane Eyreen_US
dc.title (題名) 《簡愛》中的原諒zh_TW
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.6184/TKR201612-1
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.6184/fTKR201612-1