Pride and Prejudice傲慢与偏见简介英国文学 .ppt

Mr Bennet Mrs Bennet Jane Bennet (22) Elizabeth Bennet (20) Lydia Bennet (15) Mary Bennet (17) Kitty Bennet (16) Chapter One Mr. Bingley comes to Netherfield Park, an estate in the neighborhood where the Bennets live. The excitement in the Bennet family. Mrs. Bennet urges her husband to call on Mr. Bingley immediately. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” 凡是有钱的单身汉，总想娶位太太，这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。 Do you agree with the statement? What is the relationship between money and marriage? In this statement, Austen has cleverly done three things: She has declared that the main subject of the novel will be courtship and marriage, She has established the humorous tone of the novel by taking a simple subject to elaborate and to speak intelligently of She has prepared the reader for a chase in the novel of either a husband in search of a wife, or a women in pursuit of a husband.  The first sentence The preoccupation with socially advantageous marriage in the 19th century England society manifests itself in the first sentence, because in claiming that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, the narrator reveals that the reverse is also true: a single woman, especially the one not in possession of a good fortune, must be in ( perhaps desperate ) want of a (wealthy) husband. Rhetorically speaking, the sentence is an irony. There is an ironic difference between the formal manner of the statement and the ultimate meaning of the sentence. * * Most of Jane Austen’s works were written here and now it’s Jane Austen Museum * * * * * Biographical Introduction Family background: was born in a country clergyman’s family and was brought up in an intelligent but restricted environment. Education: Through a wide reading of books available in her father’s library, Jane acquired a through knowledge of 18th century literature. Li