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1、TheCharacterofElizabethBennetinPrideandPrejudice【关键词】伊丽莎白?班纳特;性格;偏见;转变I.Introduction.JaneAustenisafamousEnglishwomannovelistin18thcentury .Shewasbornin1775atStevensoninHampshireofmiddleclassparents .Sheneveracceptedtheformalschooleducation.Butthewiderangeofactivitieswit
2、hintheAustenfamily-countrywalks,charades,reading,writingstoriesandfamilyplays,constitutedarichinformaleducationforthechildren,andstimulatedJaneAusten’sambitiontobecomeanovelist.Asawriter,shedeliberatelyrestrictsherselftoportrayingthecommonplaceeventsofpeopleofherownclas
3、s,livingrurallivesthatarebarelytouchedbythemomentoushappeningsofhistory .Theauthor’sknowledgeoftheworld,andthepeculiartactwithwhichshepresentscharactersthatthereadercannotfailtorecognize,remindsussomethingofthemeritsoftheFlemishschoolofpainting.Thesubjectsarenotoftenele
4、gant,andcertainlynevergrand;buttheyarefinisheduptonature,andwithaprecisionwhichdelightsthereaderisJaneAusten’smasterpiece.ThistitleisoriginatedfromonesentenceinabookEvelinawrittenbyanEnglishwritercalledFannyBurney.Thesentenceisroughlylikethis “thewholeunfortunateacciden
5、tistheoutcomeof.”Theinitialtitleofthenovelis “FirstImpressions”whichwaswrittenbetweenOctober1796andAugust1797.JaneAusten’sappearedontheEnglishliteraryscenein1813.Theauthorhadworkedonitsrealisticstyleandcontentformorethanfifteenyears,forshewasaperfectionistinherapproacht
6、owriting.Herfirstnovelwasunlikeanyofthehundredsofotherswrittenatthetime,whichweremainlyRomantic (filledwithemotionandpassionate)orGothic (filledwithhorror).Austenwasthefirstnovelisttoportrayrealisticcharactersbyusingthedirectmethodoftellingastoryinwhichdialogueandcommen
7、ttakeanimportantplace.Sheusedthemethodtodissectthehypocrisyofindividualsandthesocietyinwhichtheyplayedtheirgamesofloveandcourtship.PrideandPrejudiceisaverypopularnovelwrittenbyJaneAustenanditisreadwidelyallovertheworld.Itwaswrittenin1813.Inthisnovel,theauthoresscreateda
8、supremelyspiritedandattractiveheroine,Elizabeth.JaneAustenherselfsaid, “ImustconfessthatIthinkherasdelightfula