Unreliable Narration and the Portrayal of Bertha Mason in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre
This essay investigates the narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by applying narratologist Great Olson’s model of unreliable narration to Jane, the novel’s narrator. Further, the novel discusses how Jane’s reliability affects the portrayal of the character Bertha Mason. The essay argues that th...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hh-169212013-01-08T13:36:17ZUnreliable Narration and the Portrayal of Bertha Mason in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane EyreengMelkner Moser, LindaHögskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)2012Jane EyreCharlotte BrontëBertha MasonBertha Rochesternarratologyunreliable narrationunreliable narratorThis essay investigates the narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by applying narratologist Great Olson’s model of unreliable narration to Jane, the novel’s narrator. Further, the novel discusses how Jane’s reliability affects the portrayal of the character Bertha Mason. The essay argues that the narrator’s characterization of Bertha Mason is deliberately misleading. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16921application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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This essay investigates the narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by applying narratologist Great Olson’s model of unreliable narration to Jane, the novel’s narrator. Further, the novel discusses how Jane’s reliability affects the portrayal of the character Bertha Mason. The essay argues that the narrator’s characterization of Bertha Mason is deliberately misleading. |
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Unreliable Narration and the Portrayal of Bertha Mason in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre |
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Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM) |
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