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1、Walter Scott Jane Austen,英语10-A班 时甜甜 10030101015,Walter Scott,Life and Achievements,Early life; Education; Works; Crisis;,Scotts poems,The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border The Lay of the Last Minstrel Marmion The Lady of the Lake The Lord of the Isles Rokeby,Scotts Historical Novels,From the Middle

2、 Ages to the 18th century Subject: 1.history of Scotland 2.English history 3.history of European countries,Scotts novels,Waverley (1814) Ivanhoe (1819) Woodstock (1826) Tales of the Crusaders (1825) Count Robert of Paris,Features of Scotts novels,1.Scott has an outstanding gift of vivifying the past

3、. 2.In his novels, historical events are closely interwoven with the fates of individuals. 3.In his historical novels, he concern both the lives and deeds of the higher class and that of the ordinary people,Jane Austen(, in 1775 Austen December 16-1817, July 18) is the famous British female novelist

4、s, her works focus mainly on female family marriage and gentry, with females unique life observation and lively nuanced witty text a truthful picture of her little of the world around them.,Themes: love,Love is an important theme in all Austens novels. Lovers must endure and overcome numerous obstac

5、les. Love can be enjoyed if only an individual is able to overcome the obstacles of hierarchical society.,Themes: class & reputation,The theme of class and the theme of reputation both reflect the nature of life for the middle and upper class. Austen herself is often criticized because she doesnt re

6、ally represent anyone from the lower class.,works,Sense and Sensibility 1811 Pride and Prejudice 1813 Mansfield Park 1814 Emma 1815 Sanditon (unfinished) 1816 Northanger Abbey 1818 Persuasion 1818,First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has consistently been Jane Austens most popular novel. The

7、 original version of the novel was written in 1796-1797 under the title First Impressions, and was probably in the form of an exchange of letters.,Famous Quotations,It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife However little kno

8、wn the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters 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。 这样的单身汉，每逢新搬到一个地方，四邻八舍虽然完全不

9、了解他的性情如 何，见解如何，可是，既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固，因 此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。 (Pride and Prejudice, p.1),Pride and Prejudice(1813),The novel describes the Bennet family with their five daughters waiting to be married. It mainly focuses on the love story between Elizabeth Bennet, the second daughter, and Darc

10、y, a rich gentleman, with the former representing Prejudice and the latter, Pride.,The House where she wrote and revised her famous novels including Pride & Prejudice.,Related movie,Becoming Jane is a present film, described that Jane and a lawyer Mr. Leroy fell in love with each other, but under the social bac