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Post by owenleber on Nov 18, 2015 21:56:55 GMT
Throughout the 19th century women were often looked upon as being inferior to men. This common ideology is displayed throughout Jane Eyre and Wide Saragasso Sea, however this perspective is prevalently opposed. As I am learning in my history class, women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These women, who were so unfluential at the time, no doubt must have had an influence on Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys. Charlotte Bronte shows Jane's situation bettering as the novel progresses, because she was non-conforming, bold, and not self-conscious. These traits are the opposite of what 19th century men wanted women to be like which makes the ideas presented in the novel revolutionary, in a way. I just thought that it was very interesting how I was learning about women's role in 19th century society in both my English and History classes, and once I realized this I was able to make many connections between the historical context and literary context of the time period. If you are in this same situation, feel free to post your own connections that you made between History and English classes below.
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Post by dgarrett on Nov 19, 2015 23:39:41 GMT
I definitely see where you are coming from here Owen. The women that we are learning about in history class were the most influential women of that time period, so they most definitely influenced Bronte and Rhys. People like Susan B. Anthony were necessary at that time so poets and novelists like Bronte could gain the confidence to speak their mind about feminism. Bronte is really trying to prove her point with Jane Eyre, as she is a feminist as well and reflects what all these non-conforming women were going through during the 1800's.
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Post by hopekim on Nov 22, 2015 23:51:46 GMT
Throughout the 19th century women were often looked upon as being inferior to men. This common ideology is displayed throughout Jane Eyre and Wide Saragasso Sea, however this perspective is prevalently opposed. As I am learning in my history class, women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These women, who were so unfluential at the time, no doubt must have had an influence on Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys. Charlotte Bronte shows Jane's situation bettering as the novel progresses, because she was non-conforming, bold, and not self-conscious. These traits are the opposite of what 19th century men wanted women to be like which makes the ideas presented in the novel revolutionary, in a way. I just thought that it was very interesting how I was learning about women's role in 19th century society in both my English and History classes, and once I realized this I was able to make many connections between the historical context and literary context of the time period. If you are in this same situation, feel free to post your own connections that you made between History and English classes below.I know that there was a lot of expectations for women during this time period, but like throughout history, there have always been expectations: whether it be that men were hunters while women were gatherers or that men fought in wars while women took care of the family or that men work while women cook; it seems as if there are always expectations for women: angel or whore, and Bronte is trying to draw attention and refute that just as Lewkowicz was as well. In my opinion, they succeeded! |
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