AS LITERATURE - JANE EYRE FIRST READING

AS ENGLISH LITERATURE

JANE EYRE – INDEPENDENT READING

We will begin studying Jane Eyre in class from the beginning of January. However it is vital that you read and prepare the novel by the time we start studying it together after Christmas. We will only have a short period of teaching time for the novel before the exam in May. I expect we will be covering 2/3 chapters in each lesson.

 Here are the first reading questions again for your preparation

 

·         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

Consider the structure of the novel as you read it. Identify events that signal a change in the narrative and particularly Jane’s progress through the book.

Below is a reading guide timetable to help you read the novel.

We will begin studying the novel before we break up for Christmas.

CHAPTER	WEEK BEGINNING
1	28/10
2
3
4
5	4/11
6
7
8
9	11/11
10
11
12
13	18/11
14
15
16
17	25/11
18
19
20
21	2/12
22
23
24
25	9/12
26
27
28
29	16/12
30
31
32
33	23/12
34
35
36
37	30/12
38