Jane Austen的生平簡介PPT課件

1、Jane Austen (1775-1817),.,2,Class Arrangement,Step 1. Introduction to Jane Austen Step II. Analysis of Pride and Prejudice,.,3,Life Experience,Major Works,Comments,Step 1. Introduction to Jane Austen,.,4,Life Experience,1. Family background born into a Middle-class family, his father was a rector. 2

2、. Education mostly tutored at home, and irregularly at school, but she received a broader education than many women of her time. She started to write for family amusement as a child.,.,5,Life Experience,3. Marriage Austen never married, but her social life was active, such as meeting friends and rel

3、atives, attending balls, going to the churches regularly, etc. And she had some suitors, such as Tom Lefroy, and she received a proposal of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither in 1802. 4. Death Because of a long, slow, and irregular deterioration of health finally she died at the age of 41. (Perhaps bo

4、vine tuberculosis 牛結核病， drink unpasteurized milk喝未經(jīng)高溫消毒的牛奶）,.,6,They met at a dancing ball. But their intimate relationship was intervened by Lefroys family. He was dependent on a great-uncle in Ireland to finance his education and establish his legal career. And Austen never saw him again.,Tom Lefr

5、oy-one of the suitors of Austen,.,7,Harris Bigg-Wither-a childhood friend,Harris Bigg-Wither, the brother of her childhood friends proposed marriage after his graduation from Oxford and Austen accepted. Harris was not attractivehe was a large, plain-looking man who spoke little, stuttered when he di

6、d speak, was aggressive in conversation. However the marriage offered many practical advantages to Austen and her family. He was the heir to extensive family estates located in the area where the sisters had grown up. With these resources, Austen could provide her parents a comfortable old age. By t

7、he next morning, Austen realised she had made a mistake and withdrew her acceptance.,.,8,Austen once said to her niece Not to think of accepting him unless you really do like him. Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without Affection.,.,9,Themes of Austens novels,1. She never

8、 touched upon the class conflicts of her time 2. She never focused her novels on war of her time. 3. She restricted her subject matters to a quiet, prosperous, middle-class circle in provincial surroundings. 4. Her novels are about romantic love of the middle-class people.,.,10,her novel is based on

9、 her life experience,Her brother Henry, a banker whose friends are bankers, merchants, publishers, painters, and actors, provided Jane Austen with a social world not visible from a small parish in rural Hampshire.,.,11,Major Works of Austen,Sense and Sensibility 1811理智與情感原名為埃莉諾與瑪麗安娜 Pride and Prejud

10、ice, 1813傲慢與偏見 Mansfield Park, 1814曼斯菲爾德莊園 Emma, 1816愛瑪 Northanger Abbey, 1818諾桑覺寺 Persuasion, 1818勸導,.,12,Sense and Sensibility,The story is about Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr Dashwood by his second wife. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John-their half-brother, and t

11、he Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The Dashwood sisters moved to their new home, a cottage on a distant relatives property, where they experience both romance and heartbreak.,.,13,Elinor Dashwood the sensible and reserved eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Dashwood. She becomes at

12、tached to Edward Ferrars, the brother-in-law of her elder half-brother, John. Always feeling a keen sense of responsibility to her family and friends, she places their welfare and interests above her own, and suppresses her own strong emotions.,.,14,Marianne Dashwood the romantically inclined and ea

13、gerly expressive girl. She is the object of the attentions of Colonel Brandon and Mr Willoughby. She is attracted to young, handsome, romantically spirited Willoughby and does not think much of the older, more reserved Colonel Brandon, who falls in love with Marianne at first sight as she reminds hi

14、m of his fathers ward, whom he loves very well but died in misery. Then, Marianne was deserted by Willoughby and found true love in Colonel Brandon.,.,15,.,16,Mansfield Park,The story is about Fanny Price, a young girl raised by her rich uncle and aunt, at Mansfield Park. She grows up with her four

15、cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, but is always treated as inferior to them; only Edmund shows his real kindness. He is also the most virtuous of the siblings: Maria and Julia are vain and spoiled, while Tom is an irresponsible gambler. Over time, Fannys gratitude for Edmunds kindness secretly

16、grows into romantic love.And after a series of circuitous曲折的 development of the story, Fanny and Edmund fianlly got married.,.,17,.,18,Emma,Emma is a wealthy, pretty, self-satisfied young woman. she believes herself as the gifted match-maker so she chose proper partners for her friends and her gover

17、ness, Miss Taylor, and made her marry a widower, Mr. Weston. When Emmas friend Harriet becomes interested in George Knightley, a neighboring squire who has been her friend, Emma starts to understand her true feelings. He has been her moral adviser, and secretly loves her. Finally Emma finds her dest

18、iny in marriage with him. Harriet, who is left to decide for herself, marries Robert Martin, a young and well-to-do farmer.,.,19,Northanger Abbey,Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel lover Catherine Morland visited Bath for the first time. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabe

19、llas brother, the rather rough-mannered, slovenly 不修邊幅地John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanors father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading, the Abbey to be exotic and frightening, however, it turns ou

20、t to be a pleasant and un-Gothic.,.,20,However, there is a mysterious suite of rooms that no one ever goes into: Catherine learns that they were Mrs. Tilneys, who died nine years earlier. Catherine thought Tilney may have murdered his wife or even imprisoned her in her chamber. But later she was tol

21、d it was because Henrys father loved his wife in his own way and was truly upset by her death. She felt upset about her wrong-doing but was forgiven by Henry. Finally Catherine married Henry Tilney.,.,21,Persuation,More than seven years prior to the events in the novel, Anne Elliot falls in love wit

22、h a handsome young naval officer named Frederick Wentworth, who is intelligent and ambitious, but poor. Sir Walter, Annes father and lord of the family estate of Kellynch, and her older sister Elizabeth are dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he is not distinguished enough for their famil

23、y. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Annes deceased mother, persuades her to break off the match.,.,22,Now, aged 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former fianc, Wentworth, now a captain, is wealthy from wartime victories in the Royal Navy and from prize-money

24、 for capturing enemy ships. However, he has not forgiven Anne for her rejection of him. Wentworths admiration for Anne reawakens when he saw Anne provided first aid to her friend. Upon her own observation, she found that her pursuior Mr. Elliot was a liar and understands the dangers of persuasion. F

25、inally Wentworth forgave her and they got married.,.,23,Comments on Austen,Walter Scott praised Jane Austen : “That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements戀愛and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with.” Virginia Woolf commented that

26、Jane Austen was the most perfect artist among women. Jane Austen was one of the realistic novelists.,.,24,a poet and novelist-Walter Scott(1771-1832)（浪漫主義時期）,.,25,Famous poems The Lay of the Last Minstrel最后一個吟游詩人的歌1805， The Lady of the Lake湖上夫人1810 the founder of historical novels 1. the first perio

27、d: novels about Scottish history-Waverley 威弗利1814, Rob Roy1817羅伯羅伊，The Heart of Midlothian 1818愛丁堡監(jiān)獄 2. the second period: history of England 諾曼底人對英格蘭的征服艾凡赫Ivanhoe1820 最有名， 英國革命皇家獵宮1826 3. the third period: histories of different European countries 法國歷史的昆廷達襖德Quentin Durward 1823,.,26,Step II. Analys

28、is of Pride and Prejudice,1. Introduction to the novel(ppt beautiful, good-natured,Jane its solace was visiting and news.,.,60,Mrs. Bennet (Role play),2. According to her own speech and actions. (mean understanding: P.84 Pa.19-20) You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themsleves, which p

29、erhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party. My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to gi

30、ve over thinking of her own beauty.,.,61,mean understanding (2) (Role Play),When is your next ball to be, Lizzy? Tomorrow fortnight.(15 days hence) So, it is cried her mother, and Mrs. Long does not come back till the day before; so it will be impossible for her to introduce him, for she will not kn

31、ow him herself. Then, my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce Mr. Bingley to her. Impossible, Mr. Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquinted with him myself; how can you be so teasing? I honor your circummspection. A fortnights acquintance is certainly very little. One can

32、not know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight.,.,62,Mrs. Bennets own speech,P.85 Pa.28 (When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.) You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves.,.,63,3. Elizabeth: witty, quick-minded,eloquent, not quite handsome and

33、good tempered.,1. comment from Mr. Bennet Pa.25 They are all silly and ignorant, like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters. 2. Comment from Mrs. Bennet Pa.26 Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so g

34、ood-humoured as Lydia.,.,64,Elizabeth is witty and quick-minded. Look at her dialogue with Darcy about the power of poetry. (chunk 10),Mrs. Bennet mentioned that Jane was pursued by a gentleman when she was 15 and wrote pretty verses to her to express his love. Elizabeth wants to stop this topic and

35、 said in wisdom. I wonder who discovered the power of poetry in driving away love. I thought poetry was the food of love, said Mr. Darcy. of a fine, stout love it may, but if it is a vague inclination, one poor sonnet will kill it. What do you recommend to encourage affection? Dancing, even if ones

36、partner is barely tolerable.,.,65,Elizabeth is biased.,1. She was offended by the rudeness of Darcy at the ball. 2. She got bad impression of Darcy from Wickham. 3. She knew by accident that it was Darcy intervened the love between Jane and Bingley.,.,66,Elizabeth is eloquent and a lady of sharp ton

37、gue. 言辭尖刻(牙尖嘴利）,When she refused the proposal of Darcy, she said You were the last man in the world that I have ever wanted to marry.,.,67,Darcy is proud and rude.,He coldly said, “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young la

38、dies who are slighted by other men被其他人忽視. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.”,.,68,Explanation: Darcy, who sees the people of Meryton as his social inferiors, haughtily refuses to condescend to屈尊 dancing with someone “not handsome enoug

39、h” for him. Moreover, he does so within range of Elizabeth, thereby establishing a reputation among the entire community for pride and bad manners.,.,69,Darcy is helpful. He discovered the eloped couple Lydia and Wickham and helped them to get married and promised to give Wickham a job after their m

40、arriage.Darcy is the most loyal companion. He saved Bingley from an imprudent不明智的 marriage.,.,70,III. Language,1. witty and delightful dialogues 2. mild satire 3. irony,.,71,1. witty, delightful dialoguesTwo students are asked to read the dialogue. (role-play) p.84,Mrs. Bennet: Oh! Single, my dear,

41、to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls. Mr. Bennet: How so? how can it affect them? Mrs. Bennet: My dear Mr. Bennet, how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them. Mr. Bennet: Is that his des

42、ign in settling here?,.,72,2. mild satire,P.84 You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themsleves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.,.,73,3. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single

43、 man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Explanation: Irony is used in this sentence. It is true that a single woman, is in (perhaps desperate) want of a husband. It concerns itself with the pursuit of “single man in possession of a good fortune” by various female characters

44、.,.,74,The function of the first sentence,She has declared that the main subject of the novel will be courtship and marriage. She has established the humourous tone of the novel. She has prepared the reader a chase in the novel of either a male in search of a wife or a woman in pursuit of a husband.

45、 It tells us the novel is about the social environment of the 18 century period.,.,75,Irony (2),But my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood. It is more than I engage for( can promise), I assure you. Explanation: Actually, Mr. Bennet had visited Mr. Bingle

46、y and he was among the first to visit Mr. Bingley.,.,76,IV. Theme,love Love stories of several pairs of lovers. Jane 2. by Miss Bingley, who dislikes anyone not as socially accepted as she is; 3. by Wickham, who will do anything he can to get enough money to raise himself into a higher station 4. by Mr. Collins, who spends most of his time toadying to his upper-class patron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh,.,83,Marriages based on love overcome class boundaries.,Through the Darcy-Elizabeth and Bingley