Who is Currer Bell? The narrator his course on Jane Eyre with an overview of Charlotte Bronte’s life, her writings under the Currer Bell pseudonym, and a brief summary of the plot of the novel. He approaches the story as a mix of the bildungsroman, gothic, and romantic novel, and discusses a variety of ways the novel has been critiqued. Consider showing the video after a study of the novel and before individuals craft their own analysis of this classic tale.