pride and prejudice英美文学讲解

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Pride& Prejudice,Story Summary, It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.,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,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.,JaneAusten(1775-1817),English writer, who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life. Although Austen was widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. The most urgent preoccupation of her bright, young heroines is courtship and finally marriage. Austen herself never married. Her best-known books include PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1813) and EMMA (1816). Virginia Woolf called Austen the most perfect artist among women.,List of works,Sense and Sensibility (1811),Pride and Prejudice (1813),Mansfield Park (1814),Emma (1815),Northanger Abbey (1818),Persuasion (1818),S,hort fiction,Mr 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,. 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 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.,However, 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 improves manners.,Thus 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.,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.,M,ain character,s,Character is an expression of what people value. Traditional ideas about status and class distinctions are beginning to give way to,money as a dominant value,.,Mr Bennet,Mrs Bennet,Jane Bennet (22,),Elizabeth Bennet (20),Lydia Bennet (15),Mary Bennet (17),Kitty Bennet (16),The Bennet,Family,Elizabeth (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,girl,when the story begins.,Elizabeth Bennet,Fitzwilliam Darcy is the,central male,character and Elizabeths second love interest in the novel. 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.,Mr. Darcy,Charles Bingley,is the closest friend of Mr. Darcy,Janes husband.,Charles Bingley,William Collins is the 25-year-old cousin of Mr. Bennet.,He is the successor of Bennet family.,William Collins,Charlotte Lucas is the neighbour and best friend of Elizabeth,and Williams wife.,Charlotte Lucas,another two daughters,The remaining,five,marriages contrasts each other to reveal Austens opinions and thoughts on the subject of,marriage.,Darcy and Elizabeth,The marriage between,Darcy and Elizabeth,reveals the characteristics that constitute a,successful marriage,.,One of these characteristics is that the feeling cannot be brought on by appearances, and must gradually develop between the two people as they get to know one another.,Jane and Bingley,The marriage between,Jane Bennet and Bingley,is also an example of,successful marriage,Lydia and Wickham,Lydia and Wickhams,marriage is an example of a,bad marriage,.,Their marriage was based on appearances, good looks, and youthful vivacity.,Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet,The relationship between,Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet,was,similar to,that of,Lydia and Wickham,.,Mr. Collins and Charlotte,The marriage between,Mr. Collins and Charlotte,is based,on economics rather than on love or appearance,.,SUMMARY,:,1. Criteria of marriage:,These five marriages contribute to the theme that a happy and strong marriage,takes time to build,and must be based on,mutual feeling, understanding, and respect.,Hasty marriages acting on,impulse, and based on superficial qualities,will not survive and will lead to inevitable unhappiness.,2. Be serious and cautious when facing marriage.,Dont be taken in by superficial qualities,eg. Wickham.,3. Instead of being an individual problem, marriage is a social problem.,One hasty decision may lead a difficulty to the whole family.,eg. Lydia,The tone,of the novel is,light, satirical, and vivid,.,The point of view in Pride and Prejudice is limited omniscient;,The story is,told through Elizabeth, but not in first person,. As a result, the mood of the novel lacks dramatic emotions.,The atmosphere is intellectual and cold; there are little descriptions of the setting.,BACK GROUND,Any story reflects the mood of its period.,Pride and Prejudice,was written at the time of,the French revolution,.,While France resorted to violent revolution, English society chose the evolutionary path. The story depicts the social response to those events in England.,COMMENT,Austens book is a piece of literature that connects itself to the 18th century period.,Pride and Prejudice is 18th century because of the emphasis on man in his,social environment,rather than in his individual conditions.,The use of satire and wit, a common form of 18th century literature, also contributes to label the book as 18th century.,However, because Austen had allowed personal feelings of the characters to be expressed in her work, she can also be classified as Romantic.,Classic sentences,1.It is a truth universally acknowledged!,书的开场第一句,这已经是一条举世公认的真理了,2.,She is so odd mixture of quick parts,sarcastic,humour,reserve,and caprice.,她真是个古怪的人,一方面喜欢插科打浑,挖苦人,同时又不抅言笑,变幻莫测,4.When a woman has five grown up girls,she ought to give up thinking of her own beauty!,一个女人家如果已经有了5个成年的女儿就不应该在对自己的美貌报什么幻想了,5.,But consider you daughters,only think what a establishment it would be for one of them.,想想你的女儿吧，能攀上这样的人家对她们该多好。,Thank You,