【正文】 el is a riddle which means different things to different people. From the social point of view, it is a story about a poor man abused, betrayed amp。 its unaccountable influence upon people39。s subject matter 　　As far as Emily39。 her love for him. The passion described here is intense amp。s funeral. Jane finds herself hopelessly in love with Mr. Rochester but she is aware that her love is out of the question. So, when forced to confront Mr. Rochester, she desperately amp。 her thought amp。 even is brave enough to declare to the man her love for him, cuts a pletely new woman image. In this novel Charlotte characterizes Jane Eyre as a naive, kindhearted, nobleminded woman who pursues a genuine kind of love. Jane Eyre represents those middleclass workingwomen who are struggling for recognition of their basic rights amp。 a longing to love amp。 inner conflicts brings her to the heart of the audience.Jane Eyre39。 equality as a human being. The vivid description of her intense feelings amp。 moral tests to grow up amp。 the false social convention as concerning love amp。 the most truthful presentation of the economical, moral, social life of the time all this earns her works a never dying popularity.　3. 應(yīng)用 Selected Readings 　　Excerpt One: from Chapter XXIII of Jane Eyre by charlotte Bronte The work is one of the most popular amp。 some extraordinary personalities, by using some elements of horror, mystery amp。 suffering of the poor. Her works are famous for the depiction of the life of the middleclass workingwomen, particularly governesses. On the other hand, her writings are marked throughout by intensity of vision amp。 other evils of the upper classes amp。 a full, happy life. All her heroines39。 neglected young women with a fierce longing for love, amp。s Literary Creation　　Charlotte Bronte39。 machinebreakers in Yorkshire in 18111812 came out in 1849. Another novel Villette appeared in 1853. This is her most autobiographical work, largely based on her experience in Brussels. In 1854, charlotte married her father39。s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).　　After the death of Emily amp。 Anne39。s single amp。 Anne), but received little attention. Then the three sisters turned to novel writing. Charlotte39。 her two younger sisters had a great fondness for literature. In 1845 appeared a volume of poetry entitled Poems by Carrer, Ellis amp。 Emily were brought home to be educated by their father. For some time, they worked in a boarding school amp。s daughters. The oldest two died there due to the poor amp。 literary Career 　　Charlotte Bronte (18161855), Emily Bronte (18181848), amp。 the cruelty amp。 how he is to be sold. At three pound ten, to Mr. Gamfield, the notorious chimneysweeper. Though we can afford a smile now amp。 Fagin the first grotesque figure.　　This section, Chapter III of the novel, is a detailed account of how he is punished for that impious amp。 of the city itself apparently es from his journalistic years. Here the novel also presents Oliver Twist as Dickens39。 life of the underworld in the 19thcentury London. The author39。s works are also characterized by a mixture of humor amp。 wit seem inexhaustible. Characterportrayal is the most outstanding feature of his works. His characterizations of child (Oliver Twist, etc.), some grotesque people (Fagin, etc.) amp。 so on. The early optimism could no more be found.　　Charles Dickens is a master storyteller. His language could, in a way, be pared with Shakespeare39。 the stories are better structured. Most novels of this period present a sharper criticism of social evils amp。 realism about society is obvious in these works. His representative works in the early period include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield amp。 corruptness he saw all around him. In his works, Dickens sets a full map amp。 Literary Achievements 　　Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realistic writers of the Victorian Age. It is his serious intention to expose amp。 mystery to make the story fascinating.　(4) The Power of Exposure　　As the greatest representative of English critical realism, Dickens made his novel the instrument of morality amp。 Penetrating Satire 　　Dickens is well known as a humorist as well as a satirist. He sometimes employs humor to enliven a scene or lighten a character by making it (him or her) eccentric, whimsical, or laughable. Sometimes he uses satire to ridicule human follies or vices, with the purpose of laughing them out of existence or bring about reform.　(3) Complicated amp。 words that fit them: that is, right words amp。 Exaggeration　　In his novels are found about 19 hundred figures, some of whom are really such typical characters under typical circumstances, that they bee proverbial or representative of a whole group of similar persons.　　As a master of characterization, Dickens was skillful in drawing vivid caricatural sketches by exaggerating some peculiarities, amp。 Our Mutual Friend (18641865)。 A Tale of Two Cities (1859)。 Hard Times (1854)。 Son (18461848)。 A Christmas Carol (1843)。 irritation American Notes (1842)。 The Old Curiosity Shop (18401841)。 Oliver Twist (18371838)。 other collections in three periods: 　(1) Period of youthful optimist Sketches by Boz (1836)。 buffoonery, is his gentleness, his genial mirth, amp。 remain the highest achievement in the 19thcentury English novel. In nearly all his novels, behind the gloomy pictures of oppression amp。 a number of short stories. They offer a most plete amp。 fort but also exhausted him. In 1870, this man of great heart amp。 two years later he became a Parliamentary reporter for newspapers. From 1833 Dickens began to write occasional sketches of London life, which were later collected amp。s novels. In 1827, Charles entered a lawyer39。 his My Last Duchess is one of the bestknown dramatic monologues. I. Charles Dickens　1． 一般識記 His Life amp。 about what has really happened. Robert Browning brought this poetic form to its maturity amp。 judgments about the speaker39。 about their minds amp。 interests amp。 poverty to the working mass.　3) Critical Realism　　The Victorian Age is an ag