英美文学1-.Jane-Austen

JaneAusten(1775-1817)•她以十分逼真的手法刻画了一些普普通通的、而非出类拔萃的人，他们通过极其普通的谈话和行为举止把自己完全而一致的呈现出来。简奥斯汀的沉静和自制，以及绝妙地用平静的言辞去表达她平静的内容，这些特点，较之于那些热情洋溢、言辞滔滔不绝的伟大作家，同样显示出她的创作天才。•---《剑桥英国文学史》INTRODUCTION•JaneAusten,Englishnovelist,notedforherwittystudiesofearly-19th-centuryEnglishsociety.JaneAusten’sLifeeducateathomereadalotuneventfulrestrictedwritingatanearlyagesixnovelsnevermarrieddiedin1817,42yearsold•Withdetaileddescriptions,Austenportrayedthequiet,day-to-daylifeofmembersoftheuppermiddleclass.Herworkscombineromanticcomedywithsocialsatireandpsychologicalinsight.•TwocommonthemesinAusten’sbooksarethelossofillusions—usuallyleadingcharacterstoamorematureoutlook—andtheclashbetweentraditionalmoralidealsandtheeverydaydemandsoflife.Inmostofhernovels,hercharacterscorrecttheirfaultsthroughlessonslearnedasaresultoftribulation磨难.Becauseofhersensitivitytouniversalpatternsofhumanbehavior,manypeopleregardAustenasoneofthegreatestnovelistsofthe19thand20thcenturies.AboutHerWorksJaneAustenbeganwritingaroundtheageoftwelve.Herworkswerelaterpublishedanonymouslyduetotheprejudiceagainwomenwritersthen.•“PrideandPrejudice”•“SenseandSensibility”•“Emma”•“Persuasion”•“MansfieldPark”•“NorthangerAbbey”•SenseandSensibility,herfirstnovel,tellsastoryabouttwosistersandtheirloveaffairs,butPrideandPrejudice,originallydraftedasFirstImpressionsin1796,isthemostdelightfulofJaneAusten'sworksandNorthangerAbbeysatirizesthosepopularGothicromancesofthelate18thcentury.Thoseareherfirstthreenovelsintheperiodfrom1795to1798,butittookhermorethan15yearstofindapublisher.AnAnalysisonPrideandPrejudiceDoyouknowitsfirstname?TheFirstImpressionAnAnalysisonPrideandPrejudice•Whatisthemainideaofthestory?“PrideandPrejudice”•Itisthestoryofayounggirlwhorejectsanofferofmarriagebecausetheyoungnoblemanwhomakesithasbeenrudetoherfamily.Itisaveryplotbutaroundittheauthoresshaswovenvividpicturesortheeverydaylifeofsimplecountrysociety.TheThemeofPrideandPrejudice•Thefirstthemeisprideandprejudice.•Anotherthemeisloveandmarriage.PrideandPrejudiceHowdoesAustendescribetheideasofmarriage?Threeoftypesofmarriage:•(1)thosewhomarryformoney,positionandproperty;•(2)thosewhomarryjustforpassion;•(3)thosewhomarryforlovebasedonconsiderationoftheperson’spersonalmeritaswellashiseconomicalandsocialstatus.CharacteristicsofherWorks•1.JaneAustenisoneoftherealisticnovelists.•Shedrewvividandrealisticpicturesofeverydaylifeofthecountrysocietyinhernovels.CharacteristicsofherWorks•2.JaneAusten’smainconcernisabouthumanbeingsintheirpersonalrelations,humanbeingswiththeirfamiliesandneighbors.CharacteristicsofherWorks•Storiesofloveandmarriageprovidetheframeworkforallhernovelsandinthemwomenarealwaystakenasthemajorcharacters.CharacteristicsofherWorks•3.JaneAusten’sworkhasaverynarrowliteraryfield.•4.JaneAustenisawriterwhoregardsnovelwritingasasophisticatedart.OtherFeatures•JaneAustenissuccessfulintheemploymentofironyandfrequentuseofwittyanddelightfuldialogues.AssessmentJaneAustenhasbroughttheEnglishnovel,asanartofform,toitsmaturity,andshehasbeenregardedbymanycriticsasoneofthegreatestofallnovelists.AssessmentGenerallyspeaking,JaneAustenwasawriterofthe18thcentury,thoughshelivedmainlyinthenineteenthcentury.Sheholdstheidealofthelandlordclassinpolitics,religionandherworksshowclearlyherfirminthepredominanceofreasonoverpassion,thesenseofresponsibility,goodmannersandclear-sightedjudgmentovertheromantictendenciesofemotionandindividuality.•Austen’sworkhasaverynarrowliteraryfield.Sheisparticularlypreoccupiedwiththerelationshipbetweenmenandwomeninlove.•Austentriestosaythatitiswrongtomarryjustformoneyorforbeauty,butitisalsowrongtomarrywithoutit.•Hernovelsshowawealthofhumor,witanddelicatesatire.Assessment