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 bildungsroman, gothic, and romantic novel, and discusses a variety of ways the novel has been critiqued. Consider showing the video after a study of the novel and before individuals craft their own analysis of this classic tale.

Concepts

charlotte bronte, jane eyre

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Additional Tags

jane eyre, charlotte bronte, victorian novel, bildungsroman genre, social criticism, english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Robert Southey's advice to Charlotte Bronte that, "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be" is sure to generate discussion
• Green's presentation of alternate interpretations of the novel opens the way for readers to present and defend their own analyses

Cons

• Preview the video to determine how you want to handle the asides, in this case about psychotropic drugs and Meridith's bed