The Chronological Setting of Charlotte Bront?'s Jane Eyre

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(1)The Chrono1ogica1Se批1ng of Char1o批e Brontε’sゐ刀θ伽θ 教科・領域教育学専攻言語系コ』一ス. M08144E 山本富美子 As a very important，mu1tifaceted Eng1ish. 1839−40dating is obvious1y inconsistent with. nove1，ゐ刀θ伽θhas been wide1y read and. 肋五㎜jo皿as“a new pub1ication”in1808and. studied， since it was pub1ished in 1847．. aIso with the time when the story ends．Ifit is. However，it is interesting to note that曲e. in1839−40that Jane1ives in Morton，it fo11ows. setting of this nove1 − one of the basic. that Jane gets n1arriea in1840−41，ana the ena. e1ements of h乞erature − is not c1ear． I亡 is. of the story is ten years1ater，that is，1850−51，. true that some chrono1oま。a1contradictions of. which means that Jane te11s her“ta1e”three0T. the story have been pointed out so far，but we. four years afterゐ刀θ伽θwas pub1ished in. cannot recognise that those contradictions have. 1847．Margaret Smith inte叩rets“S一”as. been ana1ysed in detai． The chrono1ogy of the. Shef丘e1d，and“the riots”as“the Luddite riots of. story remains far from sett1ea． This thesis. 1812”（Smith476n3）、 Yet it seems that we. aims to examine those contradictions and to. cannot support this inference， because the. estab1ish the most appropriate chrono1ogy of. Luddites were“a socia1movement of British. ゐ刀θ幼肥．. texti1e artisans，”not“knife−grinders and scissor. In the first chapter，we consider the. merchants．” Smith’s inference aIso entai1s. chrono1ogica1contradictions that Q．D，Leavis，. some chrono1ogica1contradictions． The1812. Michae1Mason and Margaret smith noted．Q．. dating is ear1ier than the pub1ication of 肋θ. D．Leavis mentions two prob1ems：one is. 02鵬θ血and the start ofthe cross−channeI steam. whether ゐ刀θ 伽θ is contemporary or. SerViCeS．. back−dating；the other is that“the back−dating. In the second chapter，we deaI with John. inゐ刀θ伽θis not consistent”一that is，Miss. Suther1and’s arguments about the chrono1o敏。a1. Ingram’s reference to ク乃θ 0o”82かis out of. setting ofゐ刀θ伽θ． It is a shrewd way that. keeping with漉r㎜ゴ。㎜as“a new pub1ication”in. he indicates the nonsense of the1808edition of. 1808 （Leavis489）． Michae1Mason indicates. M虹伽ゴ㎝and the Napo1eonicWars（1792’1815）. that Adさ1e1eft for Eng1and by steamship not. in the background of the story． Suther1and. earherthan1822whenthe cross・channe1stea血. interprets“a new pub1ication”not as the趾st. ser㎡ces started．InterestingIy enough，Mason. edition but as a new edition；he suggests that. in竈ers that“the ri〇七s”in“S一’’is the Cha村ist. the‘new pub1ication’of M店zmjo〃is the1834. riots in 1839・40 in Shef丘e1d （Mason 527n5）．. ‘Magnum Opus’edition． 0f equa1importance，. His inference can be an important indicator of. Suther1and regards the se枕ing ofゐ刀θ伽θas. the chronoIogica1setting inゐ刀θ伽θ，but the. “tbe pre1apsarian wor1d of the stage coach．”. 一248一.

(2) In the third chapter，we try to determine. which shou1d be revised into the Swing Riots．. the chrono1ogy of ゐ刀θ 伽θ， taking into. In the case of the1atter，“Tuesday，the first of. consideration the various chrono1ogica1. June”shou1d be revised into“Wednesday，the. benchmarks，as we11as the eight matters. 負rst of June．” If these revisions were to be. con㎏ining seven specific events and the ending. a11owed，we wouM be ab1e to get a comp1ete. of the story．We discover that none of the. apPropriate chrono1ogy of山〃θ伽θ．. benchmarks is comp1e辻e1y compatib1e with a11. 0ur chrono1ogy a1so brought up some. the eight matters．We do丘nd that the1830. contributions towards considering the socia1. edition ofノ脆r㎜jo刀is the Ieast contradictory. and historica1 con乞ext of ゐ刀θ 助rθ． Mr. benchmark for the chrono1o駆。fゐ刀θ恥θ．. Rochester’s fai工ure to c1andestine1y marry Jane，. In the conc1usion，on the basis ofthe1830. his bigotry and his wife’s institutiona1ization. edition of肋エ㎜jo〃as the1east contradictory. are issues that cou1d be addressed in more. chrono1ogica1benchmark，we can estab1ish，not. detai1．We shou1d re−estimate the character of. the comp1ete but the most appropriate. Rochester and his treatment of Bertha in the. chrono1ogy of ゐ刀θ 助“θ， inc1uding one. historica1background of Eng1and between1820. incompatib1e matter and one ha1f−incompatibIe. and1830．. matter：“Tuesday，the first of June”and‘‘the. As far as the setting is concemed，ゐ〃θ. riots” in “S 一．” In the case of the formeI・，. 伽θhas one unreso1ved contradiction among. Swing Riots are compatib1e，provided that the. the1oca1re1ationships in respect of the p1ace. riots are not “knife・9rinders and scissor. setting as we11 as one or two insoIub1e. merchants”in She舶eId but“impoverished and. chrono1og1ca1ones We made a deta11ed. 1and1ess agricu1tura1 1aboureI・s’’in southern. ana1ysis of the chrono1ogica1 setting of ゐ刀θ. and eastern Eng1and． Hist0Ticany we cannot. 伽θ，but we cou1d not go into thorough. he1p considering that “the riots” in “S 一 ”. de1iberation of the geographica1setting ofゐ〃θ. refers to the Sheffie1d riots in 1839−40，as. 助rθ，whic11comprises just as vague e1ements. Mason points out，but in that case，the story. as does the chrono1ogica1setting． In a future. win end beyond the1847pub1ishing year，that. study，we wou1d1ike to address the p1ace setting. is，in 1850．51． This is a bo1d con七radiction．. ofゐ刀θ助rθ．. Moreover， the 1oca1e of Morton in the. “north’mid1and” area is a1so cIear1y. 主任指導教員大嶋浩. incompatib1e with that of Thorぷie1d in Lancash1re orWest R1dmgof兄rksh1re，the s1te. ofMorton，from which“S一”is about20mi1es away，shou1d be transferred to the south−in the agricu1tuI−a1southern and eastern Eng1and， which is the site ofthe Swing Riots．0bvious1y. Char1otte Brontεmakes a mistake in the1oca1e. of Morton；in the same way，she makes a chrono1ogica1mistake in“the riots’’in“S一，”. 一249一. 指導教員大嶋浩.

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