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GCSE English Literature · key term
A life story presented as though an invented character has written an account of their own experiences.
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Paper 1
Revise: Plot overviewCharlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell. Its original title, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, presents the novel as Jane’s own life story. This is a fictional autobiography: Jane is an invented character, but she tells her experiences as though she were a real woman looking back on her life.
Paper 2
A novel presented as an invented person’s account of their own life. In Jane Eyre, Jane tells her story; Charlotte Brontë is the author.
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Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was first published in three volumes in 1847, under the pen name Currer Bell. Its original title, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, presents the novel as Jane’s own life story. It is a fictional autobiography, not an account of Brontë’s life: Jane is both the central character and the narrator.
Paper 1
A novel that presents an invented character's life as though that character had written their own life story.
Revise: Plot overviewCharlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was first published in three volumes in 1847. It is a fictional autobiography: Jane tells her own invented life story, from her childhood as an orphan to her adult marriage. Brontë is the author; Jane is the narrator and central character.
An invented account of a character’s life presented as though the character has written their own autobiography.
Component 2
A novel written as though an invented character were telling the story of their own life.
Revise: Plot overviewCharlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was first published in three volumes in 1847 under the name Currer Bell. Its original title, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, presents the novel as a personal life story. It is a fictional autobiography: Jane is an invented character, but she tells her experiences in her own voice.
A novel presented as a character’s account of their own life, although the character and their story are invented.
A narrative presented as a character’s own account of their life, although the character and their story are invented.
A narrative presented as the story of an invented person’s life, told by that person. In Jane Eyre, Jane’s retrospective account shapes the reader’s understanding of Rochester.
