AS LIT - JANE EYRE READING

AS ENGLISH LITERATURE
JANE EYRE READING
READING THE NOVEL - for the group I share with Jamie and Stephen

Below is a table for you to use as a guide to help you read Jane Eyre. We will only have a short period of time to study the novel and we will not be reading the whole novel in class. However we will be reading short extracts.

When we begin studying the novel I will assume you have all read the it thoroughly. We will be breaking the novel down into sections and draw on characters, themes, narrator, writing style in each section. When we have done this we will then draw all the strands of the novel together. Throughout you will be doing short exercises and 2 or three main essays.

If you have not read the novel you will very quickly become lost and will be at a considerable disadvantage to others that have read it.

Location	Volume	Chapter	Page	End chapter
Gateshead	1	1 - 4	9 - 48	Leaving Gateshead
Lowood		5 – 9	49 – 98	End of childhood
Thornfield Hall		10 - 15	99 – 177	Fire
Thornfield Hall	2	16 – 20	178 - 253	Richard Mason
Thornfield Hall		21 – 26	289 – 342	Wedding Day
Moor House	3	27 – 30	343 - 412	Uncle’s death
Moor House [village school]		31 - 35	413 – 484	St John’s proposal/Rochester’s voice
Ferndean		36 – 38	485 – 521

As you read the novel always have a pencil and lined paper to hand.

·         Make a note at the top of each page summarising the main action of that page.

·         Note down the structure of the novel

·         Make notes on the narrative voice and on the character of Jane

·         Make notes on the character of Rochester

·         Underline what you consider to me key quotations in the text.

 

·         Underline or make a note of the features of the main character[s] as you read.

·         Underline the progress of relationships between Rochester and Jane as it develops.

·         Notice the settings of the novel and consider how they contribute to the novel.

·         Look out for objects that may symbolise or represent abstract ideas.

·         Bearing in mind events, characters, settings, weather and symbols; identify key themes that recur through the novel

I will check regularly the progress of your reading by checking the annotations in your copy of the book and the reading journal you should be keeping.