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Performer - Culture & LiteratureMarina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella,Margaret Layton 2012
Jane Austen(1775-1817)
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Born in Steventonin Hampshire in 1775.
Her father was the rector of the local church.
Spent her life within the circle of her affectionate
family.
Her sister Cassandrawasher lifelong companion.
Educated at homeby her
father.
Showed an interest in
literatureat an early age.
1.Jane Austens life
The cottage in Chawton where Jane Austen lived the last
years of her life. Now it is Jane Austens House Museum
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Her earliest writings date from 1787.
After her fathers death the family settled in Chawton,
a small country village.
There she produced her
most mature works. Died in Winchester
in1817.
1.Jane Austens life
The cottage in Chawton where Jane Austen lived the last
years of her life. Now it is Jane Austens House Museum.
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Jane Austen
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Northanger Abbey, written in
1798 but published
posthumously.
Sense and Sensibility (1811).
Pride and Prejudice (1813). Mansfield Park (1814).
Emma(1816).
Persuasion(1818, after her
death).
2.Main works
Portrait of Jane Austen
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From the 18th-century novelists she learnt:
the insight into the psychology
of the characters;
the subtleties of the ordinary eventsof life balls, walks, tea-partiesand visits;
the omniscient narrator;
the technique of dialogue;
the use of verbal and situational irony.
3.The debt to the
18th
-century novel
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Austens values: property, decorum, money andmarriage.
Austens England: based on the possession of land,parks and country houses.
Marriage: result of the growing social mobility.
The marriage market takes place in London, Bathandsome seaside resorts.
Gossip, flirtations, seductions, adulterieshappen inthese places.
The marriage market produces a range of villains:unscrupulous relatives, seducers and social climbers.
4.Thenationalmarriagemarket
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In Austens novels
No place for great passion.
Concern with analysis
of character and conduct.Romantic element of happyending marriage betweenthe hero and heroine.
Focus on the steps through
which the hero / heroinereaches this stage.
5.The theme of love
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Set in Longbourn,Hertfordshire.
Mr and Mrs Bennetand their five daughters
(Jane, Elizabeth, Mary,Lydia and Kitty).
Mr Bingley, a richbachelor, rents the large estate of Netherfield Parknearby.
Mr Bingley falls in love with Jane Bennet.
His friend Mr Darcy, a proud aristocrat, feels attractedto Elizabeth.
Elizabeth cultivates a dislike of Mr Darcy.
6.Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Mr Darcy proposes to Elizabeth but she rejects him.
She accuses him of separating Jane and Mr Bingley.
She accuses him of ill-treating Mr Wickham, a youngofficer.
Darcy writes her a letterto reveal that Wickhamis an adventurer withoutscruples.
6.Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Wickham elopes with Lydia.
Darcy finds them and organises their marriage.
Elizabeth accepts Darcysrenewed proposal.
Bingley and Jane also get married.
6.Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Themes
The relationship between the individual and society.
The conflict between the individuals desires and theindividuals responsibility to society.
The use that the individualmakes of freedom and itsconsequences.
The contrast betweenimagination and reason.
Love, courtship, andmarriage.
6.Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Elizabeth Bennet
has a lively mind;
is capable of compleximpressions and ideas;
has a strong spirit ofindependence;
refuses to take on theroles which her familyor society tries toimpose on her;
accuses Darcy of pride.
7.Elizabeth and Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy
knows the principles ofright conduct;
isselfish andunsociable;
accuses Elizabeth ofprejudice;
is prejudiced by hisupbringing and disgustedby the vulgar behaviour ofElizabeths mother and
younger sisters.
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The search for abalance
through
the gradual change ofthe main traits of the
characters personality
leads to
a reconciliation of thethemes that they
represent.
8.The message of the novel
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Jane Austen is the undisputed master of thenovel of manners.
9.The Novel of Manners
Premise
there is a vital
relationship betweenmanners, socialbehaviour and
character
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Main features
Set in upper- and middle-class society.
Influence of class distinctions on character.
Visits, balls, teas as occasions for joining up.
Main themes: marriage, the complications of love and
friendship.
Third-person narrator.
Dialogue: the main narrative mode.
Passions and emotions not expressed directly.
Use of irony.
9.The Novel of Manners