Crash Course
Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part 1
In which John Green examines JD Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye. John pulls out the old school literary criticism by examining the text itself rather than paying attention to the biographical or historical context of the novel...
Crash Course
Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207
In which John Green teaches you about Charlotte Bronte's classic coming of age novel, Jane Eyre. Look, we don't like to make judgement values here, but Jane Eyre is awesome. By which we mean the book is great, and the character is...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Chapters 3-4 Summary
Join us for a tour through literary history. In this lesson, Woolf explores the reasons why women have a less robust literary tradition. As the narrator peruses her bookshelves, we meet the heroes of women’s literature… and a few ghosts...
PBS
An Ode to the Romance Novel (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
What actually makes a romance novel? The romance novel has been the subject of intrigue, derision, and shame in literary discourse long before the modern genre as we know it today existed. Romance novels are relegated to your Aunt...
National Theatre
Jane Eyre: The Importance of Movement in Storytelling
This video features a discussion of the use of movement and music in storytelling. They explain how movement can give space to a story and convey emotions and experiences, and shares examples from their work as a choreographer for a...
National Theatre
The Exciting Process of Devising Theatre: Behind the Scenes of Jane Eyre
This video features a teacher discussing the process of devising theater, where the actors collectively create a performance without a script. They explain the physical and verbal language used to bring characters to life and the...
National Theatre
The Art of Devising Theatre
The video features a discussion of the process of devising theater, where actors create a play collaboratively without a script. They explain how the process involves physical and verbal exploration, and how it can result in a unique and...
National Theatre
The Importance of Music in Theatre Productions
The video features a theater production where music is an important part of storytelling. The musicians are center stage and the majority of the music is original, with some wild card tracks. The production is described as cinematic and...
National Theatre
The Role of a Set Designer in a Theater Production
In this video, a set designer discusses their process for creating the set of a play adaptation of Jane Eyre. The set was designed to reflect the physical struggles and emotions of the characters, including the use of a handheld light to...
PBS
Jane Eyre 2: Meeting Mr. Rochester
Adapting a much-beloved novel for the screen can be a tricky business. Each media has its own possibilities and limitations. The second PBS Jane Eyre resource in the Masterpiece series asks readers to evaluate how the filmmakers have...
PBS
Jane Eyre and the Advent of First-Person Narratives
Charlotte Bronte is given credit for crafting what is considered the first of a long series of first-person narratives. Her Jane Eyre is not the usual beautiful, self-assured heroine, but rather has inspired the others, the misfits, the...
PBS
Jane Eyre and First-Person Narrative
An episode from the PBS Great American Read series focuses on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and how the first-person narrative impacted two very modern women.
Crash Course
Reader, it's Jane Eyre
Who is Currer Bell? The narrator his course on Jane Eyre with an overview of Charlotte Bronte’s life, her writings under the Currer Bell pseudonym, and a brief summary of the plot of the novel. He approaches the story as a mix of the...
Crash Course
Crash Course Literature 207: Reader, It's Jane Eyre
Crash Course Literature 207: Reader, It's Jane Eyre in this [13:12] video series of Crash Course Literature uses lively verbal explanations accompanied by entertaining visuals with a host who provides a multilayered insight into the...
British Library
British Library: Jane Eyre: The Role of Women
Professor John Bowen explores the central role of women in "Jane Eyre" and the unique role of the governess in 19th-century society. [6:32]