英美文学1 .Jane Austen.ppt

Jane Austen (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 Jane Austen,?English novelist, noted for her witty studies of early-19th-century English society. Jane Austen’s Life educate at home read a lot uneventful restricted writing at an early age six novels never married died in 1817, 42 years old With detailed descriptions, Austen portrayed the quiet, day-to-day life of members of the upper middle class. Her works combine romantic comedy with social satire and psychological insight. Two?common?themes?in?Austen’s books are the loss of illusions—usually leading characters to a more mature outlook—and the clash between traditional moral ideals and the everyday demands of life. In most of her novels, her characters correct their faults through lessons learned as a result of tribulation磨难. Because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior, many people regard Austen as one of the greatest novelists of the 19th and 20th centuries. About Her Works Jane Austen began writing around the age of twelve. Her works were later published anonymously due to the prejudice again women writers then. “Pride and Prejudice” “Sense and Sensibility” “Emma” “Persuasion” “Mansfield Park” “Northanger Abbey” Sense and Sensibility, her first novel, tells a story about two sisters and their love affairs, but Pride and Prejudice, originally drafted as First Impressions in 1796, is the most delightful of Jane Austens works and Northanger Abbey satirizes those popular Gothic romances of the late 18th century. Those are her first three novels in the period from 1795 to 1798, but it took her more than 15 years to find a publisher. An Analysis on Pride and Prejudice Do you know its first name? The First Impression An Analysis on Pride and Prejudice What is the main idea of the story? “Pride and Prejudice” It is the story of a young gi