简奥斯汀英语介绍课件.ppt

Introductions Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 ~ July 18, 1817) English novelist. Austin was born at the rectory in the village of Steventon, in Hampshire. There are six brothers and one sister in her family. Austin did not go to regular school, but gained good family education. The main learning material is her father’s literary books. A Novelist for Everyone Master Works Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1818) Writing Style Theme ：Mostly about love and marriage in the view of women. Language ：Simple, humorous, witty and with quiet irony. A fine engraving made upon a little piece of ivory (“两寸牙雕”) . A writer of the earlier realist school. Secret of her fascination It is portrayed as a world of humans of flesh and blood with feelings and responses and foibles and weakness that characterized the human species. It is a microcosm of the world at large with virtues and vices and archetypes of human behavior to which all humanity of all time can relate. Assessment Jane Austen has brought the English novel, to its maturity, and she has been regarded by many critics as one of the greatest of all novelists. Her fiction is of a limited subject, and her novel cover only that section of society she belonged : the country gentry. Generally speaking, Jane Austen was a writer of the 18th century, though she lived mainly in the nineteenth century. She holds the ideal of the landlord class in politics, religion and her works show clearly her firm in the predominance of reason over passion, the sense of responsibility, good manners and clear-sighted judgment over the romantic tendencies of emotion and individuality. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? When Shakespeare and Dickens have sunk into venerability, Austen, on the other hand, has become our contemporary. THANK YOU!! ? ? ? ? ? ? ?