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. 