傲慢与偏见分析

we almost support that this masterpiece belongs to

romanticism

.

Firstly, Austen pursued happy and perfect marriage, and longed for perfect

family

patterns.

Pride

and

Prejudice

displays

the

phenomenon

existing

in

the

British

society

that

women

were

discriminated

at

that

time

and

they

coul

d

d

o

nothing but attach themselves to illustrious men.

In Austen’s minds, the necessary

factors of perfect marriage includ

ed harmonious feelings, being congenial to each

other,

and

nobl

e

virtue.

Those

factors

were

end

owed

to

Elizabeth

and

Darcy,

which showed the romanticism in

Pride and Prejudice

.

Secondly, Austen went back to nature and pursued tranquil life.

At that time,

the

whol

e

society

was

in

a

mass.

However,

Austen

fancied

a

pure

land

–

Longbourn.

Longbourn

is

a

contrast

to

the

reality,

and

unfol

d

ed

Austen’s

romanticism.

Thirdly,

Austen

idealized

the

characters

’

personalities.

The

striking

contrast

between

different

peopl

e

also

showed

her

romanticism.

For

exampl

e,

Charl

otte

and

Elizabeth.

Last

but

not

least

,

Austen

used

exaggerated

artistic expression. An obvious exampl

e is Mrs. Bennet. In the beginning, she tried

her utmost to make a match her five daughters with all kinds of rich men. Lacking

intelligence,

being

given

to

capricious

moods

and

being

ignorant

and

incompete

nt, Mrs. Bennet was still confirmed to be true when some “wise men”

were laughed at by reality. Mrs. Bennet’s five daughters married satisfactory men

in the end. From this kind of writing skill, we can learn romanticism of the author.

Motif:

Cinderella,Love, Courtship, Journeys

Major themes:

A major theme in much of Austen's work is the importance of

environment and upbringing on the d

evelopment of young peopl

e's character and

morality. Social standing and wealth are not necessarily advantages in her worl

d,

and a further theme common to Jane Austen's work is ineffectual parents. In Prid

e

and Prejudice, the failure of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet as parents is blamed for Lydia's

lack of moral judgment; Darcy, on the other hand, has been taught to be principl

ed

and

scrupul

ously

honourabl

e,

but

he

is

also

proud

and

overbearing.

Marriage,

wealth, class

Plot:

Exposition:

The news that Miss Bingl

ey rented the Netherfiel

d park caused

a

great

stir

in

the

village

of

Longbourn.

Bennents

had

five

daughters:

Jane,

Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. Mrs. Bennet wanted all of her daughters marry

with

wealthy

men.

Mr.

Bingl

ey

held

a

ball

at

Netherfield

park.

At

the

ball,

Mr.

Bingl

ey

danced

with

Jane.

Both

of

them

had

good

impressions

with

each

other.

Darcy , Mr. Bingl

ey’s best friend, was very proud, because he haughtily refused to

dance with Elizabeth.

Rising action:

After a few weeks, Darcy found that he had

l

oved

Elizabeth.

Jane

went

to

Mr.

Bingl

ey’s

house,

unfortunately

she

was

ill,

so

she

had

to

stay

there

for

a

few

days,

and

Elizabeth

came

and

took

care

of

her

sister. But Darcy tried to break up Jane and Mr. Bingl

ey. When Elizabeth and Jane

returned

home,

Mr.

Collins

visited

their

family,

making

a

proposal

to

Elizabeth,

whil

e

she

refused.

Then

he

married

with

Charl

otte,

Elizabeth’s

best

m

and

Elizabeth

became

friends,

whil

e

he

tol

d

a

l

ot

of

lies

about

Darcy,

which

makes

Elizabeth

misund

erstand

Mr.

Darcy.

Climax:

At

the

spring,

Elizabeth visited Charlotte. During that trip, she confronted with Mr. Darcy, who

mad

e

a

shocking

proposal

to

Elizabeth,

whil

e

she

quickly

refused.

Then

Darcy

wrote

a

l

etter

to

her,

which

explained

all

the

misund

erstands.

The

Letter

mad

e

Elizabeth

have

a

fresh

feeling

of

Darcy.

Falling

action:

Elizabeth

found

Darcy

become easygoing and gentle. She received a l

etter from home, which said Lydia

had el

oped with Wickham. Mr. Gardiner and Mr. Bennet went out and l

ooked for

them. In the end, Wickham married with Lydia for an annual income every year

for

Darcy’

result:

Mr.

Bingl

ey

and

Mr.

Darcy

went

back

to

Netherfield.

Mr.

Bingl

ey

mad

e

a

proposal

to

Jane,

whil

e

Mr.

Darcy

proposed

to

Elizabeth. In the end, both Jane and Elizabeth got married.

in 1908 that works of Jane Austen first introduced to China.

Influence:

Cultural

transmission

and

acad

emic

circl

es.

First,

it

promoted

the

d

evel

opment of translation literature in China. It has become a set phrase. Second,

it has the impact on Chinese writers. It produces strong female consciousness.

Let’s take Zhang Henshui’s Aristocratic Family(

金粉世家

) here are bureaucratic

social etiquettes in Aristocratic Family, marriage, social status(theme). Qiong Yao,

Zhang Ailing also drew on the experience of this work and in books like Love in a

fall

en

city

and

Romance

in

the

Rain,

the

trace

of

Prid

e

and

Prejudice

can

be

found

ed also.

Irony

is empl

oyed in Prid

e and Prejudice as the l

ens through which society and

human

nature

are

viewed.

In

Prid

e

and

Prejudice,

Jane

Austen’s

irony

has

d

evel

oped

into

an

instrument

of

discrimination

between

the

peopl

e

who

are

simpl

e

reproductions

of

their

social

type

and

peopl

e

with

individuality

that

will

between

the

unaware

and

the

aware.

Her

irony

contained

her

und

erstanding

of

life and society. So it can be said that irony is

the most striking feature and the

sharpest weapon

s used in Austen’s novels.

What

was

the

social

background

when

Jane

Austen

wrote

Prid

e

and

Prejudice?

Introduce the life and career of Jane Austen.

Life:

Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775, at the rectory in the village of

Steventon,

in

Hampshire.

She

was

educated

mainly

at

home

by

her

father

and

brothers.

Never

married.

Much

of

Jane’s

life

is

captured

in

the

letters

that

she

wrote to her sister.

Career:

Earliest-known writings (short stories and poems) date from about 1787.

In

1790,

d

ecid

ed

to

become

a

professional

writer.

In

1793,

began

and

then

aband

oned

a

short

play

and

returned

to

and

compl

eted

around

1800.

In

1793,

began to write l

onger, more sophisticated works like Prid

e and Prejudice,

finally

compl

eted

it

as

First

Impressions

in

1797

and

published

in

1813.

1811-1818,

published several works and in ord

er to avoid attention, most of her works were

not published with her real name.

Background:

The

story

of

Prid

e

and

Prejudice

took

place

in

the

time

of

the

Regency in Britain.

At that time, Britain was at the period of transition from

the

earlier

stage

of

Capitalism

to

Capitalist

Industrialization.

In

the

countrysid

e, the

aristocratic family still hel

d

great

power and right that country

squires were likely to fawn upon them. However, as the d

evel

opment of Capitalism

and

the

expand

of

the

rank

of

rich

peopl

e,

the

distinction

between

social

strata

was

becoming

small

er

and

small

er,

whil

e

money

was

getting

more

and

more

important in people

’

s mind about social value

. The two top issues in English

country are

inheritance and marriage

. the women without rights of inheritance

of the

time, their education

was

restricted,In most

cases, it was thought to be a

waste of time to educate girls, most women were

self- educated

at home. life was

largely restricted to the home and the family for l

ower class girls.

Darcy:

conceited, haughty

，

candid, honest

：

strongly greedy for wealth and status. only want to select wealthy

persons

to

marry

her

daughters.

a

woman

full

of

little

information

and

narrow

horizon. Something worse, she has an uncertain temper. d

oesn

’

t care about her

girls

’

willing, nothing in her mind except beauty money and status.

:

odd, satirical & ironical

Elizabeth:

full of frankness and some kind of prejudice and smartness,dares to love

and

hate

who

deserve

it

and

break

through

the

feudal

personality

due

to

her

no-fear-of-power character.

Language Style:

it

is

a

truth

universally

acknowledged,

that

a

single

man

in

possession

of

a

good

fortune must be in want of a wife.

Ironic

(There is an ironic difference between the

formal

manner

of

the

statement

and

the

ultimate

meaning

of

the

sentence.

In

its

declarative and hopeful claim that a wealthy man must be looking for a wife, it hides

under

its

surface

the

truth

of

such

matters:

a

single

woman

must

be

in

want

of

a

husband, especially a wealthy one.)

Witty

,

Exaggeration,Variaties

of

sentence

structure

(

antithesis/Simplicity/Free

indirect

speech

自由间接引语

/

,

Humorous

(The

author

used

the

comic

techniques

irony,

and

exaggeration

not

only

helped

to

provide

humor

for

the

readers,

but

they

also helped Austen to give her own personal opinions on public matters.)

The

Changes

in

English

Use:

address

form,

interjections(

1940

verison:

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