Abstract: Jane Eyre, a novel written by a very famous English writer Charlotte Bronte, has obtained high reputation in the field of world literature since it was first published in 1847. Due to the rebellious, brave, and independent new female image created successfully by this novel, the striking western feminism reflected in this novel caused a lot close concerns from many literary critics. In the past, many famous scholars at home and abroad have conducted profound researches on this novel from different literary perspectives. In general, most of the researches explore its great literary value based on the theory of feminism, religious culture and psychoanalysis. Post-colonialism sprung up in 1970s after the Second World War. As an emerging school of literary criticism, it is not so mature and needs further development. Thus, this text will stand on the literary perspective of post-colonialism to profoundly analyze Jane Eyre, aiming at disclosing the imperialism-oriented principle, ethnocentrism and colonists’ political ideology’s intentional penetration into Jane Eyre.

Key words: colonial expansion post-colonialism cultural hegemony right of speech ethnocentrism 

Content

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Abstract:

Introduction-1

Chapter One A Brief Introduction to the Social Background-1

Chapter Two A Brief Introduction to Post-colonialism and Its Representatives-2

2.1 The Reasons for the Rising of Post-colonialism-3

2.2 The Definition and Characteristics of Post-colonialism-4

2.3 The Core Theories of the Representatives of Post-colonialism-5

Chapter Three Deprivation of the Colonized Woman’s “Right to Speak”-6

Chapter Four Degradation of Other Nation’s Culture to Show Britain’s Ethnocentrism-8

Chapter Five Sacrifice of Mason’s life in Making Jane’s Marriage Legal to Show Imperial Hegemony-11

Chapter Six The Conclusion-13

Bibliography-14

Acknowledgements-16