《傲慢与偏见》文献综述.doc

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1、LiteratureReviewPrideandPrejudiceisconsideredJaneAusten’smostfamousandsuccessfulnovel.Andinmanypeople’sopinionitisalsooneofthegreatestfictionswritteninEnglish. Itcontainsalltheelementsnecessaryforgreatliterature:anattractiveplot,aconcisestyle,propers

2、etting,andfascinatingcharacters.ManyliteraturecriticswriteessaystoanalyzethisbookandIarrangetheminthefollowinglogicalway.1.TheMostRemarkableCharacterofAusten’sWorkThemostremarkablecharacterofAusten’sworkistheaccuratedescriptionsofthedetailsofdailylif

3、e.AsW.F.Pollock(1860)said“MissAustenneverattemptstodescribeasceneoraclassofsocietywithwhichshewasnotherselfthoroughlyacquainted.Theconversationsofladieswithladies,orofladiesandgentlementogether,aregiven,butnoinstanceoccursofasceneinwhichmenonlyarepre

4、sent.”Austenfocusesondailylifeofmiddle-classwithhumorandunderstanding.Sheobserveseverysmallmattersandeveryordinarypersoninherownlifeandtriestodescribetheminhernovel.Whatareimportantforherarethoselittlematters,asEmmasays,“onwhichthedailyhappinessofpri

5、vatelifedepends”.Inhertimemarriagemainlydeterminedwomen'ssocialstatus.ItisobviouslyreflectedinPrideandPrejudice.ThecharactersofPrideandPrejudiceareallordinarypeopleandthe4dialoguesandeventsmayhappenineveryone’sdailylife.Manyliterarycriticshavethesame

6、ideaasW.F.Pollock,suchasW.A.N.andSirWalterScott.W.A.N.(1815) said‘ThemostremarkablecharacteristicofJaneAustenasanovelistisherrecognitionofthelimitsofherknowledgeoflifeandherdeterminationnevertogobeyondtheselimitsinherbooks’.InPrideandPrejudiceshedesc

7、ribesthemiddleclass,withwhichsheisfamiliarandthepartofthecountrywithwhichshewasacquainted.Sheputsherfirst-handobservationandexperienceintothisnoveltotellusstoriesabouttheBennetsisters.Sheherselfspeaksofthe"littlebit(twoincheswide)ofivoryonwhichIwork"

8、.WecantakeanydialoguefromPrideandPrejudice,andyouwillfinditisjustliketalksineverynormaldayofthattime.SirWalterScott(1826)alsoevaluatedPrideandPrejudiceinhisjournal:Readagain,andforthethirdtimeatleast,MissAusten'sveryfinelywrittennovelof"PrideandPreju