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JANE AUSTEN: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Romanticism
literary period between 1789-1832
marked by the industrial development
serious consequences on people's lives
French Revolution of 1789
aim
create
political and social freedom
equality
brotherhood
democracy
Romantics
enthusiastic about nature
appreciated areas in nature
had not been touched by human intervention
simple, rural life
had not been influenced or ruined by the Industrial Revolution
man lived in harmony with nature
ideal
Jane Austen
brief life and writing career
overlapped with that era in British history
Britain was engaged in the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars
period of great financial instability
a third of the country's population
lived on the verge of starvation
Industrialization and urbanization
end of the 18th century
most influential sector
landed gentry
the beginning of the 19th centurty
conception and the role of women
change
the British culture focused on
accumulation and concentration of wealth within the family
advantageous marriages
daughters
family could attain great wealth
chief method for women to accomplish their goals
expansion of literacy and print culture in England
almost everyone could read
novel
main form of literature
realistic novel
objective narrator
lots of characters
description of the realities of domestic life
novels
characterized as comedies of manners
concerned with the relations and intrigues of characters living in a sophisticated society
portray the gentry
social class
includes those who owned land
professional classes
do not own land
critics
accused her of portraying a limited world
lower classes
servants
seem pleased with their lot
lack of interest in the lives of the poor
Publication date
1813
Themes
love
the power of love
overcomes class boundaries and prejudices
class
reputation
a woman's reputation is important
expected to behave in certain ways
stepping outside the social norms
makes her vulnerable
Lydia
soldier's lover
places her outside the social pale
disgrace
threatens the whole family
one of the sisters
Motifs
courtship
journeys
Symbols
Pemberley
geographic symbol
of the man who owns it
symbol within the symbol
Darcy's and Elisabeth's building romance
small bridge
class prejudice that lies between them
Literary devices
irony
it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife
lower class women were obsessed with the idea of marriage
simile
imagery
foil
satire
personification
Point of view
third person limited omniscient
narrator
focuses on Elisabeth
giving the reader more of her thoughts and feelings than of the others
Characters
middle class
the Bennets
social inferiors
may socialize with the upper class
Mrs. Bennet
necessity of marriage for girls
consumed by a single-minded pursuit
see her daughters married
their marriage
caricature of the idolatrized institution of marriage
Elizabeth
intelligent woman
her main conflict
revolves around her struggle to find a compatible husband
conscious of Darcy's regard for her
grows to love him
expresses dislike of Darcy
aristocrat who despises people of a social rank inferior to his
victim of her own frustrations
her material situation
Mr Bennet
country clergyman
with a big family and small income
Lydia
her affair with Wickham
reveals Darcy's generous character & indisputable human values
convinces him to marry her
save her from the situation of the fallen woman
Wickham
would do anything to get enough money
Charlotte
hopeless situation of the middle class woman
does not seek the ideal or the illusion of happiness in the perspective of marriage
marriage
basic condition on a decent & comfortable life
accept Lucas's marriage proposal
compelled by her age
Mr. Collins
weak character
influenced by Lady Catherine de Bourgh
view of women
human creatures endowed with
true feelings
capacity of independent thinking
personal interest
egocentric thinking
upper class
Bingley
Mrs Bingley
dislikes anyone who is not as socially accepted as she is
Charles Bingley
tenant of the neighbouring estate
Darcy
mysterious individual who turns up at Netherfield
will propose to Elizabeth
convinced that she will accept the proposal
has some prejudices against "low" people
shocked to experience a firm refusal
characterization
great detail
reference to character's emotions, reactions, behaviour
Genres
novel
fairy elements
follow the traditional Cinderella's plot
lines of social class
strictly drawn
deals with the relationships between families and individuals in a rural setting
symmetrical structure
Darcy's letter is placed right in the middle of the novel
Writing style
combination of parody and burlesque
intended for
comic effect
irony
criticize the marriage market of the 19th century
dialogue&free indirect style
thoughts & speech of the characters mix the voice of the narrator
Language
simple