滥交而非遗传精神错乱:早期改编的简·爱的伯莎

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

Bronte Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-27 DOI:10.1080/14748932.2021.1951027

Veronika Larsen

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尽管在舞台上对简·爱的角色存在一些批评，但伯莎角色的早期戏剧版本在很大程度上是未经审查的。在这篇文章中，我对基于夏洛特·勃朗特的《简·爱》（1847年）（1867年、1870年和1877年首演）的三个舞台剧本进行了双重分析。我展示了每部剧都包含了激烈的情节变化，这些变化淡化了伯莎的疯狂，反而使她成为一个滥交的离经叛道者。同时，剧本净化了罗切斯特的性丑闻和婚姻丑闻。突然出现的情节变化最终使伯莎和罗切斯特的道德形象两极分化，并减少了我们与夏洛特·勃朗特原著联系在一起的女权主义方面。

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Promiscuity Instead of Inherited Insanity: Jane Eyre’s Bertha in Early Stage Adaptations

Although some criticism exists regarding Jane Eyre’s character on stage, early theatrical versions of Bertha’s character are largely unexamined. In this article I offer a twofold analysis of three stage scripts based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) (premiering in 1867, 1870, and 1877). I show how each play contains drastic plot changes that deemphasize Bertha’s madness in favour of rendering her a promiscuous deviant. Simultaneously, the scripts cleanse Rochester’s character of sexual and marital scandal. The emergent plot alterations ultimately polarize Bertha’s and Rochester’s moral profiles and reduce feminist aspects that we have come to associate with Charlotte Brontë’s original novel.

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Bronte Studies LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： Brontë Studies is the only journal solely dedicated to research on the Brontë family. Published continuously since 1895, it aims to encourage further study and research on all matters relating to the Brontë family, their background and writings, and their place in literary and cultural history. Original, peer-reviewed articles are published as well as papers delivered at conferences, notes on matters of interest, short notices reporting research activities and correspondence arising from items previously published in the journal. The journal also provides an official record of the Brontë Society and reports new accessions to the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its research library.