Fiche à imprimer : Three sisters, three novels : les sœurs Brontë (4e)

Anglais	Français
the Brontë sisters	les sœurs Brontë
Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte.	Jane Eyre a été écrit par Charlotte.
Wuthering Heights was written by Emily.	Les Hauts de Hurlevent a été écrit par Emily.
a pen name	un pseudonyme
the moors	la lande
a parsonage	un presbytère

Charlotte, Emily et Anne Brontë grandissent au presbytère de Haworth, un village du Yorkshire entouré de landes sauvages. En 1847, elles publient trois romans : Jane Eyre (Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily) et Agnes Grey (Anne). Comme les femmes écrivains étaient mal vues, elles utilisent des pseudonymes masculins : Currer, Ellis et Acton Bell. Pour dire qui a écrit quoi : le passif, was written by.

Mise en situation : le musée de Haworth

Guide : This is the parsonage where the Brontë sisters lived.

Voici le presbytère où vivaient les sœurs Brontë.

Chloe : Were all three sisters writers?

Les trois sœurs étaient écrivaines ?

Guide : Yes! Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte, Wuthering Heights by Emily, and Agnes Grey by Anne. All in 1847!

Oui ! Jane Eyre a été écrit par Charlotte, Les Hauts de Hurlevent par Emily et Agnes Grey par Anne. Tous en 1847 !

Theo : Why didn't they use their real names?

Pourquoi n'ont-elles pas utilisé leurs vrais noms ?

Guide : Because books by women were not always taken seriously. So they chose pen names: Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.

Parce que les livres de femmes n'étaient pas toujours pris au sérieux. Alors elles ont choisi des pseudonymes : Currer, Ellis et Acton Bell.

Chloe : And the wild moors outside inspired Wuthering Heights, didn't they?

Et la lande sauvage dehors a inspiré Les Hauts de Hurlevent, n'est-ce pas ?

À retenir

a novel, a writer, a pen name, the moors, a parsonage, a village, Yorkshire.
Passif : was / were + participe passé + by ; where (lieu) ; question tags : didn't they?

Exercice 1 : Les sœurs Brontë : exercice 1 (QCM)

Jane Eyre a été écrit par...
1. Emily
2. Anne
3. Charlotte
Wuthering Heights a été écrit par...
1. Emily
2. Anne
3. Charlotte
Leurs trois premiers romans sont parus en...
1. 1947
2. 1747
3. 1847
« un pseudonyme »
1. a pen friend
2. a nick pen
3. a pen name
« la lande »
1. the moors
2. the moons
3. the mores
Haworth est dans le...
1. Cornwall
2. Kent
3. Yorkshire
« Il a été écrit par Emily. »
1. It is written by Emily yesterday.
2. It was wrote by Emily.
3. It was written by Emily.
« un roman »
1. a novel
2. a news
3. a roman
Pourquoi des pseudonymes masculins ?
1. Les livres de femmes étaient mal considérés.
2. Elles étaient timides.
3. C'était la mode.
« la maison où elles vivaient »
1. the house who they lived
2. the house where they lived
3. the house which they lived

Exercice 2 : Les sœurs Brontë : exercice 2 (à compléter)

Jane Eyre was .......................... by Charlotte. (write)
Wuthering Heights was written .......................... Emily.
This is the parsonage .......................... they lived.
They chose pen .......................... .
Books by women were not taken .......................... .
The wild .......................... inspired Emily.
Why .......................... they use their real names?
The moors inspired her, .......................... they?
All three novels .......................... published in 1847.
Anne wrote .......................... Grey.

Exercice 3 : Les sœurs Brontë : mise en situation

Voici le presbytère où vivaient les sœurs.
1. This is the parsonage which the Brontë sisters lived.
2. This is the parsonage where lived the sisters of.
3. This is the parsonage where the Brontë sisters lived.
Les trois étaient-elles écrivaines ?
1. All three sisters were writers?
2. Were all three sisters writers?
3. Was all three sisters writers?
Jane Eyre a été écrit par Charlotte.
1. Jane Eyre has written by Charlotte.
2. Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte.
3. Jane Eyre was wrote by Charlotte.
Pourquoi n'ont-elles pas utilisé leurs vrais noms ?
1. Why they didn't use their real names?
2. Why didn't they used their real names?
3. Why didn't they use their real names?
Leurs livres n'étaient pas pris au sérieux.
1. Books by women were not always taken seriously.
2. Books by women were not always took seriously.
3. Books by women was not taken seriously.
Elles ont choisi des pseudonymes.
1. They chose pen names.
2. They chose pen friends.
3. They choosed pen names.
La lande a inspiré le roman, n'est-ce pas ?
1. The moors inspired Wuthering Heights, did they?
2. The moors inspired Wuthering Heights, didn't they?
3. The moors inspired Wuthering Heights, isn't it?
Les trois romans ont été publiés en 1847.
1. All three novels were publish in 1847.
2. All three novels were published in 1847.
3. All three novels was published in 1847.
Tu as lu Jane Eyre.
1. I've readed Jane Eyre.
2. I've red Jane Eyre of.
3. I've read Jane Eyre.
C'est un classique de la littérature anglaise.
1. It's a classical of English literature.
2. It's a classic of English literature.
3. It's a classic of the English literature of.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) Charlotte · 2. a) Emily · 3. c) 1847 · 4. c) a pen name · 5. a) the moors · 6. c) Yorkshire · 7. c) It was written by Emily. · 8. a) a novel · 9. a) Les livres de femmes étaient mal considérés. · 10. b) the house where they lived

Exercice 2

1. written · 2. by · 3. where · 4. names · 5. seriously · 6. moors · 7. didn't · 8. didn't · 9. were · 10. Agnes

Exercice 3

1. c) This is the parsonage where the Brontë sisters lived. · 2. b) Were all three sisters writers? · 3. b) Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte. · 4. c) Why didn't they use their real names? · 5. a) Books by women were not always taken seriously. · 6. a) They chose pen names. · 7. b) The moors inspired Wuthering Heights, didn't they? · 8. b) All three novels were published in 1847. · 9. c) I've read Jane Eyre. · 10. b) It's a classic of English literature.