小G简介 Jane Austen PPT课件

JaneAusten(16December1775–18July1817)anEnglishnovelist.Herromanticfictionsetamongthelandedgentry,earningheraplaceasoneofthemostwidelyreadwritersinEnglishliterature.Herrealismandbitingsocialcommentarycementedherhistoricalimportanceamongscholarsandcritics.FamilyandEducation:bornasthesixthchildinherfamilywaseducatedprimarilybyherfatherandolderbrothersaswellasthroughherownreadingHerartisticapprenticeshiplastedfromherteenageyearsuntilshewasabout35yearsoldAwoman,especially,ifshehavethemisfortuneofknowinganything,shouldconcealitaswellasshecan.---------AustenHerWorks：SenseandSensibility《理智与情感》1811PrideandPrejudice《傲慢与偏见》1813MansfieldPark《曼斯菲尔德庄园》1814Emma《爱玛》1816Persuasion《劝导》1818（publishedafterherdeath）NorthangerAbbey《诺桑觉寺》1818（publishedafterherdeath）HerStyle:Withherfemale'suniquemeticulousobservation,shedescribedarealworldinherfictions,especiallytheloveandmarriagebetweengentlemanandladies.Hercharacterswerealwaysworriedaboutmoney,andevengottroubleintheproblemsoftheirfamilies.RobinSwicordoncesaid:Austingaveusmanycharactersthatwearesimilarto.Herworksrevealedthestupidity,theselfishnessandblindconfidenceofpeople,andreflectedthecomediesofBritishmiddleclass,showedthepossibilityof“family”literature.MainWritingTechnique:ParodyandBurlesque:Austen'sjuvenilewritingsareparodiesandburlesquesofpopular18th-centurygenres,suchasthesentimentalnovel.Irony:isoneofAusten'smostcharacteristicandmostdiscussedliterarytechniques.Shecontraststheplainmeaningofastatementwiththecomic,underminingthemeaningoftheoriginaltocreateironicdisjunctions.FreeIndirectSpeech（自由间接引语）:Austenismostrenownedforherdevelopmentoffreeindirectspeech,atechniquepioneeredby18th-centurynovelistsHenryFieldingandFrancesBurney.Austen’snovelsappearedintheearly19thcenturywhichsweptawaythetideoffalseromanticism,inheritedanddevelopedtheoutstandingrealistictraditionof18thcentury,andpreparedfortheappearanceoftheclimaxofrealismnovelsin19thcentury.Herworkswhichrevealedthetrueworldfromasmallpointandmadecontributiontochangingthephilistinisminnovelcreation,becameanimportantconnectinglinkinthehistoryoftheEnglishnovel.AndshewasalsoregardedasthewriterwhocouldbeequalwithShakespeare.TheInfluence:There’snodoubtthatitisJaneAustenwhocanbethemostclosetoShakespeareinthewritingtechnique.SheistheproudofBritish.—MacaulayTorreSinceonehundredyearsago,Britainhashappenedseveralrevolutions.Therenovationofliterarytasteaffectedalmostallthepopularityofwriters.ButonlyShakespeareandJaneAustenareenduring.---EdmundWilsonMyopinion:JaneAusten’sstyleisquiet,shedidn’texaggerateandusedtheplainwords,butpresentedthesharpirony.