Knowledge Organiser

Question 1

key themes?

Answer 1

• supernatural
• love
• personal discovery
• religion
• socail class

Question 2

key context?

Answer 2

• Victorian era
• education
• attitudes towards marriage
• attituted towards women
• proto-feminism

Question 3

what is a bildungsroman?

Answer 3

• novel where we witness growth of a character
• childhood to maturity

Question 4

proto-feminism in novels?

Answer 4

ideas of feminism before the movement existed

Question 5

a byronic character?

Answer 5

• moody
• intelligent
• mysterious

Question 6

Charlotte Bronte as the author

Answer 6

• pseudonym: Currer Bell
• uses own school experiences
• criticised at the time as highly controversial