1、PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学18/19/2023The house where she lived,Chawton,Hampshire PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学28/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学38/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学48/19/2023Persuasion1818Emma1816Northanger Abbey1818 Major works Her literary achievementsMansfield Park1814Pride and Prejudice1813Sense and Sensibility1811PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学58/19
2、/2023Sense&SensibilityMansfield ParkPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学68/19/2023EmmaPersuasionPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学78/19/2023Northanger Abbey Pride&PrejudicePP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学88/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学98/19/2023Austens Writing FeaturesIn style,she is a neoclassical advocator,upholding those traditional ideas of order,reason,proportion
3、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 emotion and individualityPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学108/19/2023 Austens literary concernAustens main literary concern is ab
4、out 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 between men and women in love.Stories of love and marriage provide the major themes in all
5、her novels.(marry for material wealth and social position;marry for beauty and passion;marry for true love)PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学118/19/2023Austens literary concernAs a novelist Jane Austen writes within a very narrow sphere.The subject matter,the character range,the physical setting,social setting,and plots
6、 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 them with absolute accuracy and sureness.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学128/19/2023She depicted th
7、e 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,drives,teas,dances,visits,picnics,journeys and other common activi
8、ties.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学138/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学148/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学158/19/2023Pride 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 rejects an of
9、fer of marriage because the young nobleman who makes it has been rude to her family.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学168/19/2023Mr 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 Collin
10、s.Hoping 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
11、 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.PP傲慢与偏见
12、简介英国文学178/19/2023However,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
13、 pride is 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
14、.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.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学188/19/2023 Discussion:Jane Austens original title for the novel was First Impressions.What role do first impressions play i
15、n Pride and Prejudice?PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学198/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学208/19/2023The 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 Eliz
16、abeth his social inferior,unworthy of his attention,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
17、 blossomed,he is happily engaged to Elizabeth.Mr.DarcyPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学218/19/2023Elizabeth(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 fav
18、ourite,Elizabeth is characterized as a sensible,yet 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 BennetPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学228/19/
19、2023Mr BennetMrs BennetJane Bennet(22)Elizabeth Bennet(20)Lydia Bennet(15)Mary Bennet(17)Kitty Bennet(16)PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学238/19/2023Chapter 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 c
20、all on Mr.Bingley immediately.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学248/19/2023 “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?PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学
21、258/19/2023 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
22、for a chase in the novel of either a husband in search of a wife,or a women in pursuit of a husband.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学268/19/2023The 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 posses
23、sion 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 differenc
24、e between the formal manner of the statement and the ultimate meaning of the sentence.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学278/19/2023Mr.Bennet is a very amiable 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,res
25、erved,capricious.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学288/19/2023Noisy and foolish,she is a woman consumed by the desire to see her daughters married and seems to care for nothing else in the world.Austen uses her continually to highlight the necessity of marriage for young women.Mrs.BennetA woman of mean understanding,tit
26、tle information,and uncertain temper.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学298/19/2023Irony the use of words to express something other than,or opposite of,the literal meaningPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学308/19/2023PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学318/19/2023The first sentence reveals that the reverse is also true:a single woman,whose socially prescribed opti
27、ons 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.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学328/19/2023As in many of Austens other novels,irony is employed in Pride and Prejudice as the lens
28、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.PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学338/19/2023The themes of the novelPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学348/19/2023Women
29、,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 had few legal rightsWomen could not own property(they were considered property)PP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学358/19/2023Women,Patriarchy and Pr
30、operty RightsDepend on fathers to“give them away”to a lucrative有利的有利的marriageDepend on men for protection and survivalFinding a husband was a necessityPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学368/19/2023Theme of Marriage and FamilyFuture of Bennets daughters depends on successful union with suitable husbandsWomen often forced
31、into marital unions purely out of financial necessityNew ideal of marriage and partnership based on mutual respect and loveFamilys reputation was tied to reputation of each individual memberPP傲慢与偏见简介英国文学378/19/2023Theme of Social ClassConflict that arises when members of middle class,such as Bennets,mingle socially with members of the upper classes,represented by Mr.Darcy and Mr.Bingley.Austen was critical of the social barrier between middle and upper class(while remaining silent about members of lower class)Elizabeth Bennet breaks class barrier
