傲慢与偏见 作者简介及写作背景(英文版).ppt

PART TWO;Contents;About The Author; Common the life is ,it also supplies her with material to create the classical novels . When she was still a young girl , she was skilled at various styles of writing, and when she finished the classical novel Pride and Prejudice , she was just twenty-two years old. And it was clear that she had found her appropriate form. Although in the novel Pride and Prejudice the hero and heroine finally has a happy ending , Jane Austen was unmarried all her life. Maybe she didn’t find her prince charming. What a pity! ;Part of Austen’s Works; In her novels , she uses realism , biting social commentary and masterful use of indirect speech , funny and irony language which helps her earn the most widely and most beloved writers in English literature. And in the novel Pride and Prejudice, she takes the theme of love and marriage in a mildly humorous way of expression.;Social Context Of The Novel; At that time , the only way for the women with no Economic capacity to live a comfortable life is to waiting for a wealthy man to marry her . Although there is nothing to do with love. ; As what I said before , Britain was then the most powerful country in the Europe , so there is no significant social contradiction . As a result , Jane Austen focused more attention on the life around , She describes the rural middle-class life which was not influenced by the industrial revolution yet . Jane Austen ,as a female writer , shows different attitude towards the marriage by depicting several young women of different economic position and horizon knowledge. Through the novel Pride and Prejudice ，she shows the marriage what she is looking for.;Thanks for listening !