『제인 에어』의 영화 각색과 여성의 섹슈얼리티

This paper examines how Charlotte Brontë’s literary text and the 1944 film and the 1996 film of Jane Eyre are connected in the theme of female sexuality. The analysis is based on the adaptation theories of Kamilla Elliott and her major concepts of film adaptations. The 1944 film by Robert Stevenson follows the ventriloquist concept of adaptation that Elliott defines as one of concepts of adaptations. The 1944 film of Jane Eyre omits Brontë’s feminist’s learnings, replacing them with the submissive and meek roles of women(Jane). This film describes a romantic love that was more acceptable in the 1940’s, evacuating the conflict between Jane and Rochester in the novel. On the other hand, the 1996 film directed by Franco Jeffirelli expresses the Victorian female sexuality which is repressed in the literary texts. This film revised many scenes from the novel into feministic and postcolonial visions, as the literary critics added critical narratives. The 1996 film demonstrates Elliott’s idea that films surpass the novels they adapt.