英国文学之简奥斯汀——傲慢与偏见Jane-Austen-and-Pride-and-Prejudce

I．TOPIC:JaneAustenandPrideandPrejudice(ChapterI)II.OBJECTIVES:A)IntroductiontoJaneAustenB)Austen’sworksandtheirspecialfeaturesC)IntroductiontothenovelPrideandPrejudiceD)StudyofChapterIE)AssignmentCharlotteBrontë1816-1855GeorgeEliot1819-1880VirginiaWoolf1882-1941JaneAusten1775-1817Persuasion1818Emma1816NorthangerAbbey1818MajorworksHerliteraryachievementsMansfieldPark1814PrideandPrejudice1813SenseandSensibility1811Topic1—IntroductiontoJaneAusten●TheEnglishRomanticAgeproducedtwomajornovelists.TheyareScottandAusten.●ShelivedintheRomanticAgebuthernovelswereanti-romantic.●ThefirstfamousEnglishfemalewriter.●“themostperfectartistamongwomen”(JaneAusten,CharlotteBrontë,GeorgeEliotandVirginiaWoolf)●JaneAusten’smainliteraryconcernisabouthumanbeingsintheirpersonalrelationships.Becauseofthis,hernovelshaveauniversalsignificance.●Asarealisticwriter,JaneAustenconsidersitherdutytoexpressinherworksadiscriminatedandseriouscriticismoflife,andtoexposethefolliesandillusionsofmankind.●HernovelPrideandPrejudicemainlydealswiththefiveBennetsistersandtheirsearchforsuitablehusbands,centeringonthelovebetweenElizabethandDarcy.●InthenovelJaneAustenexploredmostoftheimportantissuesfromthefeminineviewpoint.JaneAusten’spointsofview1）Forallherunsparingexposureofserioussocialshortcomings,JaneAustenhasfundamentalconvictionofthehealthofthesocialsystem,ofitsabilitytoreformitself,andoftheassuranceofsocialwell-beingandthelikelihoodofareasonablepersonalhappiness.Generallyspeaking,sheholdstheidealsofthelandlordclassinpolitics,religionandmoralprinciples.2）Herworksshowanapparentpreferenceforthekindness,honesty,frankness,responsibility,goodmannersandsoundsense,whicharetypicalofthecountrygentryclass.Toher,thecountrygentlefolkaremuchmorereliableanddecentthantheurbantradingpeople.3）AlthoughJaneAustenlivedmainlyinthe19thcentury,andherworkswereallpublishedwhenBritishliteraturewasdominatedbyGothicism,SentimentalismandRomanticism,shewasreallyawriteroftheearlierrealistschool.Inageshebelongedto19thcentury,butinbothmoraloutlookandprosestyleshewasclosertothe18thcenturyprecedentsthantohercontemporaries.Herworksshowclearlyherfirmbeliefinthepredominanceofreasonoverpassion,thevalueofrationalityandsenseoverthatofsentimental,Gothicandromantictendencies.Asaseriouswriter,sheconsidersitherdutytoexpressinherworksadiscriminatedandseriouscriticismoflife,andtoexposethefolliesandillusionsofmankind.4）Sheshowscontemptuousfeelingstowardsthesilly,snobbish,stupid,worldlyandvulgarthroughsubtlesatireandirony.5）Andinstyle,sheisaneoclassicismadvocator，upholdingthosetraditionalideasoforder,reason,accuracyandgracefulness.Topic2—HerworksandtheirspecialfeaturesShewrote6novels:“SenseandSensibility”《理智与情感》（1811）“PrideandPrejudice”《傲慢与偏见》（1813）“MansfieldPark”《曼斯菲尔德庄园》（1814）“Emma”《艾玛》（1816）“NorthangerAbbey”《诺桑觉寺》（1818）“Persuasion”《劝导》（1818）Austen’snovelswerenotsopopularinherdays.Buttheyturnedouttobemoreandmorepopularandespeciallyinthe20thcentury.NowAusten’snovelswereregardedasclassicalnovelsinEnglishliterature.SpecialfeaturesofherworksJaneAusten’smainconcernisabouthumanbeingsintheirpersonalrelations,humanbeingswiththeirfamiliesandneighbors.Sheisparticularlypreoccupiedwiththerelationshipbetweenmenandwomeninlove.Shewriteswithinanarrowsphere.Thesubjectmatter,thecharacterrange,themoralsetting,physicalsettingandsocialsetting,andplotsareallrestrictedtotheprovincialorvillagelifeofthenineteenthcenturyEngland,allconcerningthreeorfourlandedgentryfamilieswiththetrivialincidentsoftheireverydaylife.Hernovelsaresurprisinglyrealistic,withkeenobservationandpenetratinganalysis.ShekeepsthebalancebetweenfactandformasnootherEnglishnovelisthaseverdone.Austenusesdialoguestorevealthepersonalitiesofhercharacters.Theplotsofhernovelsappearnaturalandunforced.Hercharactersarevividlyportrayedandeveryonecomesalive.Herlanguage,whichisoftypicalneoclassicism,issimple,easy,naturallylucidandveryeconomical.Topic3—IntroductiontothenovelPrideandPrejudiceDarcyandElizabethJaneElizabethcharactersQ1:Whoistheheroofthenovel?Whoistheheroine?(DarcyandElizabeth)Q2:Whatdoesthetitleofthenovelmeans?(Darcy’sprideandElizabeth’sprejudice)Itisaverythinplotbuttheauthormadeavividdescriptiononthedailylifeofsimplecountrysociety.Q3:Whatdoes“PrideandPrejudice”dealwith?(theeverydaylifeintheEnglishcountryside,particularlywiththeloveandmarriageoftheyoungermembersofthosefamilies)Q4:Whoarethemaincharactersinthenovel(Mr.andMrs.Bennet;ElizabethBennetandDarcy;JaneandBingley)（Darcy’simage：clever,alert,observantandconsiderate.）（Mr.BennetisacynicalpersonwhileMrsBennetisaphilistineandshallow,anempty-headed,naivewomanwhoiseagertotalkwithslightencouragement.）ThemainideaThestorycentersroundtheheroineElizabethBennetandtheheroDarcyandaminorcouple,hersisterJaneandhisfriendCharlesBingley.Theuneventfulvicissitudesofthesecharacters,includingteasandvisitsandwalksanddancesandconversationsandotherexpectedorunexpectedhappenings,finallyleadtothehappyunionsofthetwocouples.ThemeThetitletellsofamajorconcernofthenovel:prideandprejudice.Iftoformgoodrelationshipsisourmaintaskinlife,wem