Episode 06 · 126min · 28 May 26

Jane Eyre: Film (1943) + Novel (1847)

Join FL on the journey from Gateshead to Lowood, ending at Thornfield Hall. Prepare to dive into feminism, school abuse, psychological manipulation, and more! Jane Eyre can not get any darker.

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Show Notes

Description

In the 6th episode of KR, Film Lady settles into Thornfield Hall & ponders which hot white Hollywood actor will play Rochester in the 2030 adaptation of Jane Eyre, while revisiting one of the most prolific texts in the feminist literature.

CORRECTION: I’ve mistakenly called ‘Housemaid’ by Freida McFadden ‘Handmaid’! The movie also should be Housemaid, not Handmaid! Soz for that :)

NB: Kinda messed up my sound in the closing section, between (01:56:58) - (01:58:32). I held the mic too close! Sorry, I will try to be better next time ;)

Links:

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Music - all tracks are royalty free via Free Music Archive — CC BY.

The episode was written, recorded & edited by the author using Audacity free software.

Visuals

Visuals to accompany the passage ‘Touch of levity’ b/w (01:30:53) - (01:34:53)

I had similar bonnet when i was dancing (purple).

Also, little Adele danced very much like I have when I was little.

Poster & YT screenshot

movie poster

youtube screenshot

I love R’s armchair, much like a throne.

armchair picture

Janey from Daria https://daria.fandom.com/wiki/Jane_Lane?file=Janecropped2.png

https://imgur.com/gallery/toilet-russian-school-if-you-want-to-make-new-friend-during-morning-routine-you-are-welcome-fJTZ4

Russian toilet - squat; my daily experience in primary schoolhttps://www.samklemens.com/teaching-esl-inside-russian-public-school-photos/ -

Oh yeah, forget about toilet paper! No poop in school allowed. https://www.e1.ru/text/education/2021/05/27/69938765/

Bluey Website: https://www.bluey.tv/ - since its BBC product doesn't have acknowledgement of country, but if you go to screen Australia website, it even starts with a modal popup of the acknowledgment https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/

Sources

Clement, Audrey. "Contradiction in Jane Eyre: Conversations of 19th Century Feminism." Magnificat: A Journal of Undergraduate Nonfiction. Marymount University, 2022. https://marymount.edu/academics/college-of-sciences-and-humanities/school-of-interdisciplinary-studies/student-publications/magnificat-2022/contradiction-in-jane-eyre/

Dommasch, Liz. "1800s Corporal Punishment in Rural Schools." Oxford County Archives: Beyond the Vault (blog). Oxford County Archives. https://archives.oxfordcounty.ca/blog-archive/1800s-corporal-punishment-in-rural-schools/

Gallacher, Leanne. "Jane Eyre: Jane and Rochester." Medium, 2021. https://leannegallacher.medium.com/jane-eyre-jane-and-rochester-firs-113cd2735143

Gubar, Marah. "The Victorian Child, c. 1837–1901." Representing Childhood. University of Pittsburgh, 2005. https://www.academia.edu/69970405/The_Victorian_Child_c_1837_1901

Higham, Jack. "Brontë and Boarding School." Boarding School Concern, 2022. https://boardingschoolconcern.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jack-Bronte-and-boarding-school.pdf

Jen. "Power Dynamic Between Jane and Rochester." The Nineteenth-Century Novel (blog). Dickinson College Department of English, October 8, 2020. https://blogs.dickinson.edu/19thcennovel/2020/10/08/power-dynamic-between-jane-and-rochester/

Moss, Linnet. "Jane Eyre on Page and Screen (15): The Madwoman in the Attic." Linnet Moss (blog), September 28, 2016. https://linnetmoss.com/2016/09/28/jane-eyre-on-page-and-screen-15-the-madwoman-in-the-attic/

National Trust for Scotland. "The Invention of Childhood." NTS Stories. https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/the-invention-of-childhood

Pejovic, Lydia N. Poverty, Social Isolation, Uselessness, and Loneliness: The Fears and Anxieties of 19th-Century British Governesses. MA thesis, Chapman University, 2022. Chapman University Digital Commons. https://doi.org/10.36837/chapman.000367

Spartacus Educational. "Women and Marriage in the Nineteenth Century." Spartacus Educational. https://spartacus-educational.com/Wmarriage.htm

Symonds, Eric. "Jane Eyre (1943)." Editor Eric's Great Literature. https://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/movies/Jane-Eyre-1943.html

The British Library. "Gender Roles in the 19th Century." Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians. British Library. https://www.britishlibrary.cn/en/articles/gender-roles-in-the-19th-century/

Recs:

Chapters

(00:00:00) Acknowledgement of Country

(00:00:30) Cold Open - Reading

(00:01:44) Royal Intro - Comments on Cold Open

(00:04:28) Royal Decree - News

(00:06:09) Kino Royale New Website

(00:07:09) Benefits of New Website

(00:08:15) Distribution - Spotify, Apple, IHeart

(00:09:40) Acknowledgment of Country Explained

(00:10:57) Instagram Account of FL

(00:12:05) Announcing June as Australiana Month

(00:12:33) Today’s Agenda

(00:13:37) Where to Find Film Lady

(00:14:04) Royal Screening - Discussion

(00:14:08) Movie 1943 Overview

(00:16: 21) Let’s Talk About Orson Welles

(00:18:31) Movie Production Facts

(00:19:45) Boys Be Brooding, or Byronic Hero in film & literature

(00:21:09) Accessing JE in Public Domain

(00:22:07) I’m calling Jane Janey, like in Daria

(00:23:27) Book Overview

(00:23:59) JE as BildungRoman

(00:25:41) JE’s criticism when it came out

(00:26:18) Why am I covering this movie & novel?

(00:28:!8) Describing my JE book edition

(00:29:43) Royal Ramblings - Notes

(00:29:55) FL relates to Janey’s Childhood Struggles

(00:32:41) FL recalls an incident with her Biology Teacher

(00:34:17) Russian 90s-00s Schooling = Victorian Schooling

(00:34:43) School as prison for both JE & FL

(00:36:46) FL’s toilets didn’t even have doors

(00:40:06) FL’s school was not at all like Euphoria TV show

(00:42:13) Unhinged teachers not to blame - rather the system & the ones in power

(00:44:13) Children were not considered a person in Victorian Times

(00:47:27) Lowood based on real institution

(00:49:03) Asshole employer & no HR - no choice but to fall in love

(00:49:49) Why Rochester - is it love or he was just there?

(00:53:33) FL thinks it's unfair to be a dick just because you’re older

(00:56:06) FL thinks Western (e.g. Australian) culture is more equal in respect to age differences

(00:58:08) Would Jane quit working upon marriage? Not that simple!

(00:01:24) Governess as a feminist profession in Victorian Era

(01:03:46) Rochester’s interrogation techniques: deliberate destabilization

(01:07:13) Jane’s feminist mini-manifesto & Rigby’s criticism

(01:09:03) Joan Fontain is no Plane Jane: casting fail

(01:09:55) Blanche Ingram & Mum are badmouthing governesses: they are a sexual threat to a family unit

(01:12:43) Butcher by J.C. Oates rec

(01:14:56) Rochester Evil, Bad Romance

(01:15:30) Jane’s defending R because Patriarchy

(01:17:55) The whole cheesy ‘impediment to marriage’ thing

(01:19:36) Differences between movie & novel

(01:30:53) Touch of levity - visuals

(01:34:53) Themes

(01:47:46) Associations

(01:51:22) Royal Ratings

(01:54:30) Royal Verdict

(01:56:58) Royal Recommendations

(01:58:32) Royal Dismissal & Warm Close

(02:01:19) Advice from the Queen - Hyacinth Bucket

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