[教育]英美文學欣賞資料-janeau

1、Jane Austen (1775-1817),,Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist ,clownery（滑稽） and irony （諷刺）have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and best-loved writers in English literat

2、ure.,Her life,,Austen lived her entire life as part of a large and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry.She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own

3、reading.,The steadfast support of her family was critical to Austen's development as a professional writer. First love to forced split ended, Austen never married, but all unsettled feelings into literary creation,w

4、riting style,Her writing style is relaxed and humorous, full of comic conflicts, welcomed by readersHer work often by comedy duo mocking people stupid, selfish, snobbish and blind self-confidence and despicable ridiculo

5、us weakness.,Major concerns,Major concerns are about human being in their personal relations, human beings with their families and neighbors. Relationship between men and women in love. Women are always taken as the ma

6、jor characters.,Major writing,《理智與情感》(Sense and Sensibility, 1811) 《傲慢與偏見》(Pride and Prejudice, 1813)《曼斯菲爾德莊園》(Mansfield Park, 1814 )《愛瑪》(Emma, 1815) 《諾桑覺寺》(Northanger Abbey, 1818, 死后出版) 《勸導》(Persuasion, 1818, 死后出版)

7、,Pride and prejudice,Major ThemesPride and prejudice both stand in the way of relationshipsPride narrows the vision of a person and causes one to underestimate other mortals. Prejudice blinds the vision and lead

8、s to false perceptions about others.Love and marriage (three kinds of motivations of or attitudes towards marriage),,The author thinks that love and property are the two elements constitute a happy marriage, be short