Education in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Obrazovanje u romanima Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) i Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
• Author: Senka Konjević
• Mentor: Borislav Knežević (mentor)
• Committee member: Tatjana Jukić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Martina Domines Veliki (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-10-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis paper explores the themes of education in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh with a narrow focus on the two female protagonists of the eponymous novels. The aim of the paper is to analyze the parallels and divergences between the educational paths of Jane Eyre and Aurora Leigh by taking into account their position in society and the broader historical background of the nineteenth century. The educational situations of the two protagonists are reviewed and compared in detail. The paper provides further insight into the ways in which different education has shaped the characters’ vocational paths of a governess and a female poet, respectively. Additionally, both novels are connected by the coming-of-age aspects that are characteristic of the Bildungsroman genre. Both novels belong the female Bildungsroman corpus and are analysed as such. The parallel educational journeys of both Jane Eyre and Aurora Leigh alongside the differences in their upbringing are summarized in the concluding part of this paper in order to further examine the connection between Jane and Aurora’s education, their personal and professional development.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj diplomski rad bavi se temom obrazovanja u romanima Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) i Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), s naglaskom na dva glavna ženska lika istoimenih romana. Cilj je rada analizirati podudarnosti i razlike između obrazovnih puteva Jane Eyre i Aurore Leigh, uzimajući u obzir njihov društveni položaj te širi povijesni kontekst devetnaestog stoljeća. Nudi se pregled i detaljnija analiza te usporedba različitih obrazovnih mogućnosti dvaju protagonistkinja. Rad pruža daljnji uvid u načine na koje različito obrazovanje utječe na zvanje guvernante odnosno zvanje pjesnikinje. Oba romana povezuju aspekti romana o odrastanju protagonista koji su karakteristični za književni žanr Bildungsromana. S obzirom da oba romana pripadaju podkategoriji ženskog Bildungsromana, oni se kao takvi i analiziraju. Dodirne točke i različitosti između odgoja i obrazovanja likova Jane Eyre i Aurore Leigh sažeta su u zaključnom dijelu ovog rada kako bi se ukazalo na poveznice između njihova obrazovanja te osobnog i profesionalnog razvoja.

• Keywords: nineteenth-century women’s education; governess; female poet; Bildungsroman; Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Aurora Leigh
• Keywords (croatian): obrazovanje žena devetnaestog stoljeća; guvernanta; pjesnikinja; Bildungsroman; Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Aurora Leigh
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:543463
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Repository: ODRAZ
• Created on: 2023-10-13 17:45:09