傲慢与偏见-作者简介及写作背景(英文版)(课堂PPT).ppt

,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,PART TWO,SETTING,LIBING,1,Contents,1,Brief Introduction To The Author,2,Social Context Of The Novel,2,About The Author,Jane Austen,(16 December 1775 18 July 1817)was an English novelist.She was born in a mid-class family and was brought up in a comfortable environment.She was the youngest one of the eight children.,Although she didnt receive her education at a regular school,she had a good family education,and she learned French and some Italian.Her primary text was her fathers literature collection.,3,Common the life is,it also supplies her with material to create the classical novels.When she was still a young girl,she was skilled at various styles of writing,and when she finished the classical novel,Pride and Prejudice,she was just,twenty-two,years old.And it was clear that she had found her appropriate form.,Although in the novel,Pride and Prejudice,the hero and heroine finally has a happy ending,Jane Austen was unmarried all her life.Maybe she didnt find her prince charming.What a pity!,4,Part of Austens Works,1,2,PrideandPrejudice,1813,SenseandSensibility,1811,3,MansfieldPark,1814,4,Emma,1815,5,In her novels,she uses,realism,biting social commentary and masterful use of,indirect speech,funny and,irony,language which helps her earn the most widely and most beloved writers in English literature.,And in the novel,Pride and Prejudice,she takes the theme of love and marriage in a mildly humorous way of expression.,6,Social Context Of The Novel,In late eighteenth century,Britain was experiencing great changes in history,Capitalist,（资本主义）,Agriculture,、,Anglo French war,（英法战争）、,industrial revolution which make Britain the most powerful capitalist empire.,But under the social conditions then,womens,social position is pretty low.There is no equality between men and women.At that time,many young women of the middle class has three choices:,get married,、,stay,at home as an old maid,or become a,governess,（家庭女教师）,.Nobody wants to become a maid or governess which has low income as well as low social position.,So,getting married was their only way to get respect,、,wealthy and social position.,7,At that time,the only way for the women with no Economic capacity to live a comfortable life is to waiting for a wealthy man to marry her.Although there is nothing to do with love.,8,As what I said before,Britain was then the most powerful country in the Europe,so there is no significant social contradiction.As a result,Jane Austen focused more attention on the life around,She describes the rural middle-class life which was not influenced by the industrial revolution yet.,Jane Austen,as a female writer,shows different attitude towards the marriage by depicting several young women of different economic position and horizon knowledge.Through the novel,Pride and Prejudice,，,she shows the marriage what she is looking for.,9,Thanks for listening!,10,