Isa
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Post by Isa on Sept 28, 2009 16:51:33 GMT -5
Hmmm, the four points you bring up are all ideas that were explored by Jane Austen in her novels, so I wouldn't say that this is what makes the Bronte sisters different from her. I think the difference mostly lies in the violence of the emotions that are depicted in the Bronte novels - Austen was more subtle, she was very good at making the reader feel more that what was actually written on the page, but the Bronte sisters disliked her for being so reserved - they wanted it out there, all the tears and sweat and blood I like both styles and I think both Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters had a great impact on modern literature - I don't think one is necessarily superior to the other, it's all a matter of taste.
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Post by Lu on Sept 30, 2009 7:10:22 GMT -5
oh no! i love jane austen! she is the writer that pushed me when i was 13 to read classic literature! but i talked about bronte and that's why i did this kind of comparison. well about point 2 i didn't compare the two authors.i just said what i admired in bronte's novel . yes i read shirley and the professor and reread jane eyre and wuthering heights(from a different perspective this time). shirley was okay but the professor a bit boring and tiring but more realistic. villette is on my list too but now i am in a more dickens mood and i want to read "hard times". Oh, sorry, I thought it was a comparison My English Lit teacher at high school didn't like Jane Austen, like your professor. lol. I agree with Isa, it's all a matter of taste. I want to read Hard Times as well (my tbr list is endless..).
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Post by demie on Sept 30, 2009 11:56:45 GMT -5
well the funny thing is that this prof who didn't like jane austen was actually the one that taught us the class "jane austen" ;D ;D
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Post by Isa on Oct 1, 2009 7:44:12 GMT -5
lol, well, that explains a lot! Mind you, I know a lot of scholars who tend to snob Jane Austen. I was lucky enough to have a prof at uni who had written a lot about Jane Austen and was able to explain why she is such an important author
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Post by mathgeek2010 on Oct 26, 2009 8:59:34 GMT -5
I personally do not like to criticize other's works, however, seeing as the book has been in print for some time now, I fell I can tell you how I perceived this work.
Starting at the beginning the first scene sounds like it was written by a child. No real feelings were displayed. The book said she was angry and scared, but no enough was written about why this "Torture" was so hard to endure. We all have things that torture us, but we don’t all act so sulky about them all the time like Jane managed to do.
If I were Jane's Aunt, and thankfully I am not, I would show her son a thing or two. Not violently, I don't believe like that; but that boy needed a strict parent to turn his habits around. In fact all three of her children and her niece could have used a lot of discipline. Maybe if the Aunt would have grown up a bit and acted like an adult enough to punish her children, this book would have taken a turn for the best.
Jane annoyed me through the entire book. She acted so humble, when we knew she had no choice but to obey. She loved her future husband so much. That got me thinking: Why? Because he showed her decent human respect? If she did not whine so much, possibly others would treat her the same way.
I guess the ending was supposed to warm the readers heart, however, after wasting my time on reading the five hundred some pages of it, I was relived that she finally just shut her mouth and married the first man she met.
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Post by Carma on Oct 27, 2009 9:02:58 GMT -5
haha, mathgeek, that is some criticizing! What I found most annoying about this book, is how she coincidently found people to stay with who then turn out to be her family! Seriously? But after I read the Eyre Affair by Jasper fforde, I'd like to think that that really happened to the ending and it makes it so much better .
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Post by Lu on Oct 28, 2009 2:17:00 GMT -5
haha, mathgeek, that is some criticizing! What I found most annoying about this book, is how she coincidently found people to stay with who then turn out to be her family! Seriously? Not that I'm inclined to deny a bit of luck to Jane but I totally know what you mean, Carma! I found that annoying as well. After my cousin read Jane Eyre, we spent a morning laughing about the way Jane found her family ;D lol. Oh, we both really liked the book btw. Thursday Next played a great role in Jane Eyre! ;D
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