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1、JaneAusten(1775-1817)JaneAusten(16December1775–18July1817)wasanEnglishnovelist,clownery（滑稽）andirony（讽刺）haveearnedheraplaceasoneofthemostwidelyreadandbest-lovedwritersinEnglishliterature.HerlifeAustenlivedherentirelifeaspartofalargeandclose-knitfamilylocatedonthelowerfringesofEnglishge

2、ntry.Shewaseducatedprimarilybyherfatherandolderbrothersaswellasthroughherownreading.ThesteadfastsupportofherfamilywascriticaltoAusten'sdevelopmentasaprofessionalwriter.Firstlovetoforcedsplitended,Austennevermarried,butallunsettledfeelingsintoliterarycreationwritingstyleHerwritingstylei

3、srelaxedandhumorous,fullofcomicconflicts,welcomedbyreadersHerworkoftenbycomedyduomockingpeoplestupid,selfish,snobbishandblindself-confidenceanddespicableridiculousweakness.MajorconcernsMajorconcernsareabouthumanbeingintheirpersonalrelations,humanbeingswiththeirfamiliesandneighbors.Rela

4、tionshipbetweenmenandwomeninlove.Womenarealwaystakenasthemajorcharacters.Majorwriting《理智与情感》(SenseandSensibility,1811)《傲慢与偏见》(PrideandPrejudice,1813)《曼斯菲尔德庄园》(MansfieldPark,1814)《爱玛》(Emma,1815)《诺桑觉寺》(NorthangerAbbey,1818,死后出版)《劝导》(Persuasion,1818,死后出版)PrideandprejudiceMajorThemesPridea

5、ndprejudicebothstandinthewayofrelationshipsPridenarrowsthevisionofapersonandcausesonetounderestimateothermortals.Prejudiceblindsthevisionandleadstofalseperceptionsaboutothers.Loveandmarriage(threekindsofmotivationsoforattitudestowardsmarriage)Theauthorthinksthatloveandpropertyarethetwo

6、elementsconstituteahappymarriage,beshortofonecannot《PrideandPrejudice》MrBennetMrsBennetMrDarcyMrWickhamMrBingleyLidiaElizabethCatherineMaryJaneThinksforwatching^~^