understanding fiction-pride and prejudice.ppt

Pride and Prejudice Main works: 6 novels Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma 《爱玛》 Persuasion《劝导》 Northanger Abbey《诺桑觉寺》 Mansfield Park《曼斯菲尔德公园》 Notes： The subject matter of her novel is love and marriage Heroine They all have a female central character who gets married at the end of the book. Jane Austen was writing about a world that was very familiar to her. Structure Written in 3rd person Occasionally breaks into 1st person. Tongue-in-cheek satire of Regency society and conventions. The Bennet Sisters Jane (22): Eldest, sweetest, and considered the most beautiful. Elizabeth (20): Intelligent and opinionated. Fathers favorite. The novel follows her story. The Bennet Sisters Mary (18): The middle child. Most seriously minded. Also the plainest. Kitty (17): Loves officers, balls, and dancing. Inseparable from her sister Lydia. Mr.Darcy Very proud Rich Educated Haughty George Wickham Handsome Poor An officer Friendly Charming Note his subtle use of emotive terms to gain sympathy and his lack of logic or consistent behaviour. Daughters are not allowed to be heiress in law! Pride and Prejudice: Introduction What Is Irony? Verbal Irony Situational Irony Dramatic Irony Charlotte Lucas: I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collinss character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state. Feministic idea Elizabeth is very frank, independent and follows her own mind. Is this unusual for a girl at that time and place? What clues can you get from the novel? Elizabeth repeatedly rebuffs Mr.Collins proposal of marriage. Mr.Collins, however, disregards her refusals as merely temporary resistance characteristic of female behavior. I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being beli