Jane Eyre’s Contribution to Women’s Rights from the Perspective of Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study analyzes the dilemma of women in the early 19th century as seen in Jane Eyre from the aspects of education and what’s her contribution to women’s rights from the perspective of education. Although Jane Eyre has been criticized by some critics as appearing conservative and not reflecting Charlotte Brontë's feminism, Jane Eyre responds to the women's rights movement of the early nineteenth-century England by portraying the protagonist as the opposite of the social stereotypes of the time from the perspective of education. This paper not only discusses the injustice suffered by women in terms of educational environment and rights from the perspective of students and women educators respectively, but also discusses the importance of education for women, which is why Charlotte Brontë calls for the improvement of the educational environment for women and the construction of an all-embracing and systematic educational institution.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 『제인 에어』에서 본 19 세기 초 여성이 당면한어려움과 교육적 측면에서
여성의 권리에 기여한 점을분석했다. 『제인 에어』는 일부 평론가들로부터 보수적으로
보이고 샬롯 브론테의 페미니즘이 반영되지 않는다는 비판을 받았지만 19 세기 초 영국의
상황을 고려해 주인공을 당시 사회의 고정관념과 반대되는 인물로 묘사함으로써 19 세기 초
페미니즘을 반영했다. 본 논문은 『제인 에어』가 교육환경과 권력에서 여성이 받는
불공정한 처우뿐 아니라 여성에 대한 교육의 중요성까지 학생과 여성 교육자의 시각에서
다루고 있다고 주장하며, 이 작품을 통해 샬롯 브론테는여성의 교육환경을 개선하고
체계적인 교육기관을 만들어야 한다고 말한다

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Chapter one Introduction . 1
• 1.1 Introduction of the Thesis. 1
• 1.2 Literature Review 3
• 1.3 Women's Education in Early England. 7
• Chapter two Education in Jane Eyre. 16
• 2.1 Facts that Influence Women’s Education. 17
• 2.2 Educational Environment and System. 19
• 2.3 Women’s Role as Educators 24
• 2.4 Equality of educational rights… 36
• Chapter three Influences of Education in Jane Eyre. 44
• 3.1 Education can Change Women's Minds. 45
• 3.2 Better Nurture Future Generations… 54
• 3.3 Providing job opportunities. 57
• Chapter four Conclusion 59
• Works Cited. 63
• Abstract. 70