JANE AUSTEN PRESENTATION

JANE AUSTEN

Life and works

Pride and prejudice

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LIFE OF JANE AUSTEN

1775 - 1817

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire.

• She had a very close relationship with her family during her short and eventful life, expecially with her sister Cassandra.

• She showed interest in literature at a very young age.

• She died of Addison's desease in 1817 in Winchester

• All her novels were published anonimously.

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LITERARY WORKS

Jane Austen's most important novels -Sense and Sensibility 1811 -Pride and Prejudice 1813 -Mansfield Park 1814 All her works were composed in a period revived and she published them anonymously

-Emma 1814 -Northanger Abbey 1817 -Persuasion 1817

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style

Mixture of romanticism and neoclassicism, she is in the middle of the transition of both periods Word choice: every word is used carefully and selectively, there is variety in thoughts and construction. Sometimes she uses archaic diction, but just for few words

Sentence structure: she uses simple and plain sentences at place where they suit the characters. Figurative language: use of burlesque, irony and realism. Rhytm: the major feature of Jane Austen's language is the use of puntuaction.

ECONOMIC POSITION OF WOMEN

Austen's novels explore the precarious economic position of women of the late-18th and early-19th centuries

Women couldn’t have rights to own property Forcing women out of business

-female powerlessness that underlies monetary pressure to marry -the injustice of inheritance laws -education denied to women -the psychological vulnerability of the heiress or widow -the boredom of the lady provided with no vocation The Watson portrays a female economy in which the odds for marriage heavily favour those young women whose fathers can and will pay a dowry

WOMAN IS JUST A TOOL FOR MAN

Education

Feminism

Is Austen a feminist writer?Tory feminism: "women were treated as an inferior class in a man's world" Enlightenment feminism: "women share the same moral nature as men, ought to share the same moral status" Women are frequently represented as confined and constrained

Austen's plots are about education Heroines undergo a process of error, recognition of error,remorse and determination to do better. The narratives move towards these moments of self-realization.

"a process through which they come to see cleraly themseves and they conduct".

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JANE AUSTEN'S TREATMENT OF LOVE

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Jane Austen had no interest in "great passion", she put her focus on the analysis of the characters and their conduct. She still deals with serious matters of love such as marriage and parenthood, but she gives her prospection from a different point of view. She rather puts her attention to the journey and the manners that the characters use to achieve their goal to being loved and in love.

Individual and Socety

Social status

Colonialism

Tension between the claims of socety and the claims of the individual. The morally suspect characters represent individualism. Heroines: from isolation to social integration by sacrificing themselves. Social relations as a main theme, Austen's narraive weave togheter the process of romantic choice and cultural discrimination.

Issues relating money and property Rank, focused on lineage and connotated by harmony Class, modern concept determined by productivity and income. Connotates conflict

"Did not you hear me ask him about the slave trade last night?"Mansfield Park ethical subtext conveying a progressiv viewpoint on slavery Subtle moral critique

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LOVE in Pride and Prejudice

The novel was published in 1813 Its original title was "First impressions" Love is one of the main themes. Jane Austen focuses on the different ways love may grow or disappear. Throughout the story it becomes evident that the novel is arguing that ideal love is based on genuine compatibility.

NOVEL AND FILM

TIME PERIOD: from 1813 to 1790ELISABETH BENNET: in the film she is festier and more impassioned STATUS OF THE FAMILY: in the film they are poorer MR. DARCY: his proposal is different the film doesen't end with a wedding!

Marriage

The only way for a woman to achieve a high quality life was to get married. 19th century writers Jane Austen and Emily Bronte criticize wome's marriage choices.

WOMEN

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unhappy marriages

Socety

Marriage ignored ethics

Pride and Prejudice Lydia runs away with Wickham, causes an incredible scandal. Their marriage fixes everything. Getting married is the most important element of ones life, no matter how undignified the path is

MEN

The only way to be happy in ones's life is to be with the one you love even if the socety wouldn't approve it

MARRIAGE

In Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte and Mr. Collins’ marriage is corrupted

This marriage illustrates a stereotype of unhappy marriage after the Industrial Revolution and it's not based on love or friendship at all, but is more like a business deal in the novel

Mr Collins' propose to Charlotte is unexpected considering that he doesnt't know her at all and this shows how superficial the relationship is but a woman has to think of her financial security first. Marriage is seen as a concept that has only the function of being a “duty” to the society this superficial approach leads to the isolation of woman from man

Jane Austen implies that being mentally compatible is also a key to a happy marriage because helps the individuals to get over their differences and embrace their love for each other, A man can love a woman regardless her wealth or her social rank

MORALITY

Morality central theme of Austen's works

characterized by manners, duty to society and religious seriousness The words "duty" and "manners" are the centre of Jane Austen's ethical vision

Jane Austen

not just etiquette, but also a moral code

Jane Austen believed in a complex moral conscience, that's why she can be considered a "Conservatist christianic moralist" and she feared that economic considerations would overcome moral considerations in human conduct

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