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1、.1Biographical IntroductionFamily background: was born in a country clergymans family and was brought up in an intelligent but restricted environment.Education: Through a wide reading of books available in her fathers library, Jane acquired a through knowledge of 18th century literature.Life: she li
2、ved a quiet, retired and uneventful life. And her closest companion was her elder sister, who likes her, never married.Writing: she began as a child to write novels for family entertainment. Her works were published anonymously due to the prejudice against women writers then.2The house where she liv
3、ed, Chawton, Hampshire .3.4.5Persuasion1818Emma1816Northanger Abbey1818 Major works Her literary achievementsMansfield Park1814Pride and Prejudice1813Sense and Sensibility1811.6Sense & SensibilityMansfield Park.7EmmaPersuasion.8Northanger Abbey Pride& Prejudice.9.10Austens Writing FeaturesIn
4、 style, she is a neoclassical advocator, upholding those traditional ideas of order, reason, proportion and gracefulness in novel writing.She believes in the predominance of reason over passion, the sense of responsibility, good manners and clear-sighted judgments over the Romantic tendencies of emo
5、tion and individuality.11 Austens literary concernAustens main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships. Austen shows a human being not at moments of crisis, but in the most trivial incidents of everyday life.Austen is particularly preoccupied with the relationship betw
6、een men and women in love. Stories of love and marriage provide the major themes in all her novels. (marry for material wealth and social position; marry for beauty and passion; marry for true love).12Austens literary concernAs a novelist Jane Austen writes within a very narrow sphere. The subject m
7、atter, the character range, the physical setting, social setting, and plots are all restricted to the provincial or village life of the 19th century England. (some family things, dancing parties, tea parties, picnics and gossips). But with a close study of the characters and setting, she can portray
8、 them with absolute accuracy and sureness. .13She depicted the everyday life of the families of bigger or smaller landlords and clergymen, with the interest centered chiefly upon the love and marriage of the young and the not-so-young folk, describing in detail their ordinary conversations, walks, d
9、rives, teas, dances, visits, picnics, journeys and other common activities. .14.16Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice was first written in the late1700s, then rewritten in 1811-1812 and finally published in early 1813. , originally entitled First Impressions, is the story of a young girl who reje
10、cts an offer of marriage because the young nobleman who makes it has been rude to her family. .17Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn near London. Because they have no son, their property will have to pass, according to the law at that time, to a cousin, William Collins. Hop
11、ing to secure their daughters position in society, they both want to marry them to some wealthy gentlemen. It so happens that Charles Bingley, a single man in possession of a good fortune, comes to settle in the neighborhood with his two sisters and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is also rich and
12、 unmarried. Bingley and Jane fall in love with each other almost at first sight. And Darcy is attracted to Janes sister Elizabeth, but he offends her by his insolent behavior and rude remarks at a ball. The dislike and repulsion is increased by the pride of the one and the prejudice of the other. .1
13、8However, Darcy continues to be attracted to her, in spite of himself, till he proposes to her but is rejected indignantly. Later on, on a trip to north of England with her uncle and aunt, Elizabeth chances to meet Darcy, who receives them very warmly and shows greatly improved manners. Thus pride i
14、s checked and prejudice removed. Just at this point, news reaches Elizabeth that her youngest sister Lydia has eloped with Wickham. By Darcys help, their marriage is finally brought about. And through his influence, the former tie between Bingley and Jane is renewed, which leads to their engagement.
15、 Darcy and Elizabeth also become engaged despite the intervention of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The story then ends happily with the marriages of Jane and Elizabeth. .19 Discussion: Jane Austens original title for the novel was First Impressions. What role do first impressions play in Pride and Preju
16、dice?.20.21The central male character. He is an intelligent, wealthy, extremely handsome and reserved 28-year-old man, who often appears haughty or proud to strangers but possesses an honest and kind nature underneath. Initially, he considers Elizabeth his social inferior, unworthy of his attention,
17、 but he finds that, despite his inclinations, he cannot deny his feelings for Elizabeth. His initial proposal of marriage is rejected because of his pride and Elizabeths prejudice against him; however, at the end of the novel, after their relationship has blossomed, he is happily engaged to Elizabet
18、h. Mr. Darcy.22Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet is the core of the family. Elizabeth is the second of Mr. and Mrs. Bennets five daughters, and is an intelligent, bold, attractive twenty-year-old when the story begins. In addition to being her fathers favourite, Elizabeth is characterized as a sensible, yet
19、stubborn, woman. Misled by his cold outward behaviour, Elizabeth originally holds Mr. Darcy in contempt. However, her realization of Darcys essential goodness eventually triumphs over her initial prejudice against him. Elizabeth Bennet.23Mr BennetMrs BennetJane Bennet (22)Elizabeth Bennet (20)Lydia
20、Bennet (15)Mary Bennet (17)Kitty Bennet (16).24Chapter 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.25 “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, t
21、hat 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?.26 In this statement, Austen has cleverly done three things: She has declared that the main subject of t
22、he 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. .27The p
23、reoccupation 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
24、 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.28Mr. Bennet is a very amiable
25、 and somewhat eccentric man, but he has a bitingly sarcastic humour and can only derive amusement from his nervous wife Mr. Bennetquick-minded, sarcastic, humorous, reserved, capricious.29Noisy and foolish, she is a woman consumed by the desire to see her daughters married and seems to care for noth
26、ing else in the world. Austen uses her continually to highlight the necessity of marriage for young women. Mrs. BennetA woman of mean understanding, tittle information, and uncertain temper. .30Irony the use of words to express something other than, or opposite of, the literal meaning.31.32The first
27、 sentence reveals that the reverse is also true: a single woman, whose socially prescribed options are quite limited, is in (perhaps desperate) want of a husband.Mr. Bennet counters Mrs. Bennets talk with mildly sarcastic statements, the mocking tone of which Mrs. Bennet completely misses. .33As in
28、many of Austens other novels, irony is employed in Pride and Prejudice as the lens through which society and human nature are viewed. Through the novel, Austen studies social relationships in the limited society of a country neighbourhood and investigates them in detail with an often ironic and humorous eye. .34The themes of the novel.35Women, Patriarchy and Property Rights“Entailment” 律(不动产)继承人之限制determined how property would be passed through several generations within a family; usually closest male relativeWomen ha
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