Dr. Samira Sasani & Elham Haghrezayee
Shiraz University, Iran
Bronte in her novel, Jane Eyre, depicts her central character as an individual who is struggling to find her voice in the society. The reader witnesses her growth from the age of ten to the age of twenty. Throughout these years, Bronte’s character makes effort for self-expression. Alone, she faces the world, through which she encounters many faces which influence her way of living. Jane Eyre, as a Bildungsroman, portrays the process of Jane’s becoming an individual, her perception of her own personality. With regard to the nature of this work, there exists the possibility for analyzing the process of individualization in the character of Jane; since, literature draws a path for a depiction of life and every aspect related to human being, and Jane is a proper example of an individual who undertakes the quest for self-realization. The aim of this study is to analyze the development of Jane’s personality based on Alfred Adler’s theory of individual psychology.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 2-3 February 2017, Ahwaz.
