1、Jane Austen,作者：WSL,Lecture Outline,1.Introduction to Jane Austen2. Appreciation: Pride and Prejudice3. Writing Techniques 4. social customs in Jane Austens time 5. Criticism on William Wordsworth,Jane Austen& Pride and Prejudice,Jane Austens Life,educate at home read a lot uneventful restricted,writ
2、ing at an early age,six novels,never married,died in 1817,42 years old,Jane Austens Novels,1. Northanger Abbey 诺桑觉寺 2. Sense and Sensibility 理智与情感 3. Pride and Prejudice 傲慢与偏见,Jane Austens Novels,4. Mansfield Park 曼斯菲尔德花园 5. Emma 爱玛 6. Persuasion 劝告,Austens House Chawton,In this house used to lived
3、Jane and her sister Cassandra; a pleasant seventeenth century house in the pretty village of Chawton in Hampshire not far from her birthplace of Steventon.,Jane Austens Museum,In this house she wrote and revised her famous novelsIn 1949 the house was opened as the museumThe museum contains her memor
4、abilia (memrbili n.值得纪念的事物, 大事记 )and artefacts人工制品,This is a photograph of a coat worn by Jane Austen.It gives an idea of the type of clothes worn by young ladies of the time.,Simplicity of the Empire line dress,Fluffy Hollywood!,Social Customs,Dances figure prominently in Jane Austens novels. Wheth
5、er performed in public assembly rooms or in private, dances offered social opportunities for young people to mix and mingle and converse in an acceptable fashio,a website you can learn more about Jane Austen,http:/www.janeausten.org/quotes-from-pride-and-prejudice.asp,Jane Austen Quotes.,“A ladys im
6、agination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” “An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she m
7、ay exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.”,Sense and Sensibility,Published in 1797 The first of Jane Austens novels to be published A love story,The Mansfield Park,Published in 1814 Solemn and moralisticnovel A classic story of adult
8、ery(通奸),时代背景1：Regency Period摄政时期,Middle class gained social status; known as landed gentry（地主阶级）Newly acquired wealth and possessions-Profits from Industrial Revolution and expanding colonial systemStrived to align themselves with Englands landed aristocracy（贵族） Purchased estates and country homes t
9、o rival aristocratic mansions,乔治三世,摄政时期,摄政： 国君年幼，不能亲政，由亲族或戚族代行职务之谓。英国的摄政时期是指1811年至1820年间，乔治三世被认为不适于统治（insanity 精神错乱），而他的儿子，之后的乔治四世被任命为他的代理人作为摄政王的时期。 广义的摄政时期指1795年至1837年，这一时期的政治和文化都表现出与众不同的特质。这一时代可被看作乔治王时代到维多利亚时代的过渡期。,Background of Austens Novels,Privileged circle of Englands landed gentry and aristo
10、cracyUpper class was old hereditary（世袭的） aristocracy and the new landed gentry who came into money through commercial enterprise and ascended from the middle classUpper class did not work and frequently employed farmers to work their landUpper class controlled Englands politics,Austens Position in L
11、iterature,Jane Austen was one of the greatest women writers of the 19th century.she was a realistic novelist and ranked among the best novelist.,First Impressions,Original title of P & P Premature preconceptions complicate the relationships between charactersBoth characters must set aside their prid
12、e and prejudice and form an opinion based on respect and cordial friendshipError in judgment with Wickham who creates a bad image of Darcy Must look beneath the surface of a persons character,An analysis of the Pride and Prejudice,The Theme of Pride and Prejudice The first theme is pride and prejudi
13、ce. Another theme is love and marriage.,love and marriage,Women largely did not inherit wealth, nor were they openly allowed to find their own means; so marriage was one of the few options she had to secure a comfortable future. A marriage based on love was rarely an option for a Regency woman, inco
14、me was the first consideration.,How does Austen describe the ideas of marriage in Pride and Prejudice?,Three of types of marriage: (1) those who marry for money, position and property;(2) those who marry just for passion;(3) those who marry for love based on consideration of the persons personal mer
15、it as well as his economical and social status.,Mr. Darcy,Darcy is representative of hereditary (/hireditri/世袭的) aristocracyWealthy landowner who does not have to work for a livingEmploys workers to farm his land, surrounding families depend on his patronage（ptrnidjn.赞助),Mr.Darcy,Rich Educated Haugh
16、ty(adj.傲慢的) -arrogantconceited 自负的overbearing专横的,飞扬跋扈的 alert, observant considerate,The Bingleys,Bingleys represent the new landed gentryBingleys father acquired wealth through trade, gave up his business, and moved his family to the countryHe and his sisters are now considered upper class,The Major
17、 Characters in the Chapter I and II,The Bennets,Bennets own land, but they are a middle-class familyLongbourn House in Hertfordshire 2,000 per yearMust work to cultivate land Few servants and limited financial resources,Lydia,Lizzie,Jane,Mary,Kitty,Five Daughters,1. Jane handsome 2. Lizz intelligent
18、 3. Mary deep reflection 4. Kitty cough 5. Lydia good-humored,Jane: has a reserved personality tends to hide her feelings. the most beautiful,Miss Elizabeth,Lively With quick wit Young Beautiful Proud Intelligent Loyal,Mr. Bennet,intelligent -Lizzsympathetic his dry wit(冷嘲) and self-possession冷静in t
19、he face of his wifes hysteria歇斯底里 make him sympatheticdetached (adj. 超然的)-Lydiaweak father: Darcy paid for Lydias wedding.,easy to be nervous philistine (adj. 市侩的) shallow, an empty-headed, naive woman who is eager to talk with slight encouragement.,Mrs Bennet,The first paragraph,most famous ironica
20、l statements this is only a truth acknowledged by a few families in the neighbourhood of Longbourn. has a subtle and unstated meaning.In its declaration that a wealthy bachelor must be looking for a wife, it hides just beneath its surface the real truth:A single woman, especially the one not inposse
21、ssion of a good fortune must be in want of a wealthy husband.,92 Q1,1) the author uses irony in the first paragraph. What she actually wants to say is that “A single, poor woman is in desperate of a husband“. 2) It is implied that the main subject of the novel will be courtship and marriage.3) The a
22、uthor has established the humorous tone of the novel.4) It tells us the novel is about the social environment of the 18 century period.5) In paragraph 2, the author also uses mild satire to satirize the vanity of the girls who are longing to marry a rich guy.,92 Q3,1. the authors comment and descrip
23、tion 2. this characters own action and speech 3. the comment on this person by other characters in the novel 4. relationship and contrast between this character and other characters in the novel 5. character development (throughout the novel),Writing Techniques写作手法,1. ironya. verbal ironyb. dramatic
24、 ironyc. situational irony 2. Satire,Irony,As in 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 investig
25、ates them in detail with an often ironic and humorous eye.Note her presentation of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, for example. Their contrasting(very different) temperaments are first shown through their manner of conversation;Mrs. Bennet chatters on while Mr. Bennet counters her talk with mildly sarcastic st
26、atements, the mocking tone of which Mrs. Bennet completely misses.,1.Verbal irony,is a disparity of expression and intention: when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect.An example of this is when someone says “Oh, thats beautiful“, w
27、hen what they mean (probably conveyed by their tone) is they find “that“ quite ugly.,1.Verbal Irony example:,as hard as putty（ 油灰） as funny as cancer as clear as mud as pleasant as root canal treatment as sharp as a marble,2. Dramatic irony,is a disparity of awareness between actor and observer: whe
28、n words and actions possess a significance that the listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character does not, for example when a character says to another “Ill see you tomorrow!“ when the audience (but not the character) knows that the character will die before morning.,2. Dramatic Ir
29、ony Example,In Romeo and Juliet, the other characters in the cast think Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she only took a sleeping potion.,3.Situational irony,is the disparity of intention and result:when the result of an action is contrary to the desired or expected effect. Being “shot with on
30、es own gun,“ or “hoist with ones own petard“ are popular formulations of the basic idea of situational irony.,3. Situational Irony example:,For example, if the president of Microsoft, Bill Gates, were to win a contest whose grand prize was a computer system, the irony would be situational because su
31、ch a circumstance would appear ridiculous or “funny“ for a number of reasons. Bill Gates doesnt need a computer, he runs the worlds largest software company, and hes filthy rich, so winning a computer seems silly and “ironic“.,differences,Verbal irony is distinguished from situational irony and dram
32、atic irony in that it is produced intentionally by speakers.situational irony is when irony is present in ones actions and appearance verbal irony involves figure of speech.,Satire,Uses elements of Satire to ridicule or expose behaviors, manners, flaws, and morals of members of the middle or upper c
33、lasses.Incorporate love affairs, witty and comical exchanges between characters, and the humorous revelation of societal scandals and intriguesWitty banter (嘲弄)between characters,Characteristics of her Works,1. Jane Austen is one of the realistic novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of e
34、veryday life of the country society in her novels.,Characteristics of her Works,2. Jane Austens main concern is about human beings in their personal relations, human beings with their families and neighbors. Stories of love and marriage provide the framework for all her novels and in them women are
35、always taken as the major characters,Characteristics of her Works,3 Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art.,Other Features,4.Jane Austen is successful in the employment of irony and frequent use of witty and delightful dialogues .,The actors,Love,Leading characters,video,Thank You,
