Feminism in Romantic Genre which make Jane Eyre Novel by Charlotte Bronte is Unusual

Feminism in Romantic Genre which make Jane Eyre

 Novel by Charlotte Bronte is Unusual

This Paper is for Increase the Score of Subject Prose II

 

Writer:

Rizki Restu Permana

1211503118 / V / D

English Literature Department Faculty of Adab and Humanity

State Islamic University Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

2013

Chapter I

Introduction

1.1  Introduction

We know that belles-lettres is not always for pleasure but also for education, this ascertainable in one of belles-lettres like in novel that showed by any elements which made the reader can get the lesson on belles-lettres like novel.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is novel which writes at eighteen forty seven when in this era many poets of romantic poet which make a belles-lettres with genre romantic. Bronte also writes a novel Jane Eyre which the genre is romantic. Bronte is different with the other poets that Bronte mixing between romantic and feminism in Jane Eyre’s novel. I want to explore Jane Eyre’s novel in romantic and feminist in Jane Eyre’s novel.

1.2  Background

Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre with many elements in this novel. I found the romantic and feminist elements in Jane Eyre’s novel which many showed by Bronte. Romantic novel itself is one of genre novel which focus to relationship between two people and I know that is focus in love and feminist itself is had hardly begun to articulate, let alone address, women’s special problems: issues to do with childbirth and child-rearing, or the strain on women who had to combine housework and/or childcare with work outside the home.

Romantic genre in Jane Eyre is showed by Eyre and Rochester which falling in love and Bronte showing the difficult way to get the happiness of Eyre with she have to be a feminist and the education when she grew up is made she become a feminist.

1.3  Question

1.      What is Romantic in Novel Jane Eyre?

2.      What is Feminist in Novel Jane Eyre?

1.4  Significant

1.      To knowing what is Romantic in Novel Jane Eyre.

2.      To Knowing what is Feminist in Novel Jane Eyre.

1.5  Frame Work of Thinking

Romantic era have a particular affinity for winds, for the inspiration of the spirit of nature.(Ferber: 2007; 136)

Romantic view is that nature governs our most human feelings, our imaginations, and our hearts. (Ferber: 2007; 237)

Romantic ideas are also used to argue against the cultural materialist view of literature as merely a form of ideology.(Bowie: 2002; 2)

Romantic conception art can be regarded as reconciling in the realm of appearance what is unreconciled in reality, and thus as a form of ideology. Art does so, though, because it grants freedom to the imagination, allowing it to move beyond the world of what there is to a world of as yet unrealized possibility. (Bowie: 2002; 15)

Feminists had hardly begun to articulate, let alone address, women’s special problems: issues to do with childbirth and child-rearing, or the strain on women who had to combine housework and/or childcare with work outside the home. Walters (2005; 2)

In feminism, Walters (2005; 2) argued that woman was fighting the tyranny of the patriarchal state as you are fighting the tyranny of the Fascist state.

Walters (2005; 2) adding her argument that over the centuries, and in many different countries, women have spoken out for their sex, and articulated, in different ways, their complaints, their needs, and their hopes. Its mean that woman every country needs equality with man.

Walter (2005; 21) argued that woman are kept like birds in cages to hop up and down in our houses, not suffered to fly abroad ... we are shut out of all power and authority, by reason we are never employed either in civil or martial affairs, our counsels are despised and laughed at, the best of our actions are trodden down with scorn, by the overweening conceit men have of themselves and through despisement of us.

Hook (2000; 48) said that the emphasis on work as the key to women's liberation led many white feminist activists to suggest women who worked were ‘already liberated.'

Walters (2005; 3) added that women also have to expose and eradicate the misogyny inherent in feminism itself. 

Chapter II

Analysis

1.      Romantic in Novel Jane Eyre

Romantic in Jane Eyre is one of important element, because in this novel focus on romantic genre. It talking about two human who falling in love with Jane who is age is eighteen years old and Mr. Rochester is thirty years old. Bronte make the character very interesting for me because with differences of age which very different.

This novel if I look from the plot, this novel is not really different with another novel, but I think the smarter of Bronte who make the character and the thing which mixing the romantic and feminist.

This novel is clearly has a genre romantic because this novel is writes at eighteen century that in this era is the era of romantic poets. Bronte also I think is romantic poet because he write Jane Eyre with romantic genre.

‘Ten you are mistaken and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your fesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. (P.459)

That citation can take the conclusion that in phrase “in pain and sickness it would still be dear” was showing that this novel include to romantic, because that phrase drawing that love not only give when the beloved is in well person but also can accept when is not again in be well person.

Romantic is make for make the imagination beyond the world because with love we can imagine about everything although that is yet unrealized possibility like Bowie (2002; 15) said that romantic conception art can be regarded as reconciling in the realm of appearance what is unreconciled in reality, and thus as a form of ideology. Art does so, though, because it grants freedom to the imagination, allowing it to move beyond the world of what there is to a world of as yet unrealized possibility.

About romantic, romantic it is one of genre novel which focus to relationship between two people. This is showing by Bronte with Jane who give her affection when she at reformatory to her best friend.

“‘I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve about. We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful; it is gentle and gradual: my mind is at rest.”(P.123)

            That citation show that Bronte not only want to explore love as man an woman affection, but also love with best friend like in that citation. That citation is very beautiful because Bronte drawing the love with very impressive. The love is represented by Bronte with showing that with love, die also be beautiful thing.

            Romantic era have a particular affinity for winds, for the inspiration of the spirit of nature.( Ferber: 2007; 136) its mean that the nature is represent a peacefulness of  human needs that human was bored with materialist and bored become materialist.

Tat forest-dell, where Logwood lay, was the cradle of fog and fog- bred pestilence; which, quickening with the quickening spring, crept into the Orphan Asylum, breathed typhus through its crowded schoolroom and dormitory, and, ere May arrived, transformed the seminary into an hospital.(Pg. 115)

            That citation it’s mean that nature or forest as the nature is give a peacefulness to the “crowded schoolroom” I think Bronte want to say that nature can giving the peacefulness of the boring life that represent with “crowded schoolroom”.

            The romantic always represent with a nature.  Romantic is create is solution of boring in life, like the world was crowded with the machine, was dirty with pollution and anymore, so that’s the reason why romantic is created, because human miss peacefulness like in the nature or forest.

The whole looked, as the host of the Rochester Arms had said, ‘quite a desolate spot.’ It was as still as a church on a week-day: the pattering rain on the forest leaves was the only sound audible in its vicinage. (Pg.657)

That citation is represent that Rochester need a peacefulness so he just look the nature which drew by the pattering rain on the forest leaves, and the sound of that is giving a peacefulness of Rochester heart. Ferber (2007; 237) said that romantic view is that nature governs our most human feelings, our imaginations, and our hearts. This is same like Bronte whom drawing the romantic with the nature and drawing the character that need peacefulness with the nature.

2.      Feminist in Novel Jane Eyre

Another element in Jane Eyre is feminist character which creates by Bronte to mixing the story for make a complex the problem. In feminism, Walters (2005; 2) argued that woman was fighting the tyranny of the patriarchal state as you are fighting the tyranny of the Fascist state, and Eyre is created by Bronte for showing that she against the fighting the tyranny of the fascist state that doing by her foster brother.

I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.(Pg. 12)

            That citation was showed that in began story Bronte was showed the feminist with Jane hit her foster brother when he hit before by her foster brother until the foster brother blooding and he crying with hit of woman. It was showing that woman also against the unbalancing situation when woman have to deferred by man.

Walter (2005; 21) argued that woman are kept like birds in cages to hop up and down in our houses, not suffered to fly abroad ... we are shut out of all power and authority, by reason we are never employed either in civil or martial affairs, our counsels are despised and laughed at, the best of our actions are trodden down with scorn, by the overweening conceit men have of themselves and through de    spisement of us. Its mean that woman is like bird in the cage that didn’t has a freedom for doing something like what she want.

This room was chill, because it seldom had a fire; it was silent, because remote from the nursery and kitchen; solemn, because it was known to be so seldom entered. Te house-maid alone came here on Saturdays, to wipe from the mirrors and the furniture a week’s quiet dust. (Pg. 17)

That citation is when woman in one room that quiet, silent, alone have to wipe the mirror ant the furniture a week’s quiet dusk, moreover woman is can doing something like man or why Bronte didn’t make a man character for wipe the mirror or doing something like that. It can represent that woman still of man feet, because woman always obey the man.

Feminist is against woman of unbalance situation between man and woman, woman just have to stay at home but man can go to where he want. Woman against this situation but woman is a woman that more good in using heart not reason, but Bronte still draw  the feminist with woman power to showed that man also weak. Walters (2005; 2) adding her argument that over the centuries, and in many different countries, women have spoken out for their sex, and articulated, in different ways, their complaints, their needs, and their hopes. Its mean that woman every country needs equality with man.

‘Wicked and cruel boy!’ I said. ‘You are like a murderer; you are like a slave driver you are like the Roman emperors!’ (Pg. 12) 

That citation is when Eyre is talking with angry to her foster brother and Bronte I think want to show that if feminism is talking like that woman will say. Woman will say that man is like murderer, man is like the Roman Emperors.

           

Chapter III

Conclusion

            Romantic novel always give a happy effect to the reader because always give happy ending in the end of the story. Jane Eyre’s novel also is good novel that Bronte wrote. Bronte drawing the love with colorful like he not always drawing the love man to woman but also affection to friend or best friend.

            Feminist in Jane Eyre’s novel also represent that woman is always be woman that more using her heart than the reason. Although Eyre is strong woman but she still crying not likes man or Rochester, although his hearth is totally broken he never crying. That was showed that woman is never will be equal with man although feminist purpose is become equal with man.

Finally,  Jane Eyre’s Novel is great novel that drawing of romantic and feminist. Two elements that make novel Jane Eyre is unusual not like short movie in television, but Bronte is drawing about love that different with another poet and although in the end feminist still not drawing equal yet.