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HumorandSatireinPrideandPrejudice

论文题目（中文）：

《傲慢与偏见》的幽默与讽刺

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完成日期：

2011年11月6日

Contents

Abstract（inChinese）………………………………………………

Abstract（inEnglish）……………………………………………...

.Introduction…………………………………………………...1

1.1.Anintroductiontotheauthor………………………....1

1.2.Anintroductiontothenovel………………………….5

.Theanalysisofthehumorinthenovel….……………………6

.Theanalysisofthecharactersinthenovel…………………..14

3.1.TheSatireofthecharactersinthenovel………….…..14

3.2.Thesatireoftheplot……………….……………….…16

.Conclusion………………………………………………..…18

Notes.................................................................................................20

Bibliography……..…………………………………………..……21

摘要

《傲慢与偏见》以伊丽莎白和达西的爱情故事为主线向读者们展示了一幅18世纪末英国乡村的风俗画卷。

作者，简•奥斯丁运用了各种讽刺手法,揭露了当时社会盛行的以金钱为轴心的爱情与婚姻,抨击了只注重物质的婚姻。

为了更好地支撑这一主题，本文分为四大部分：

第一部分对作者和小说做一简介；

第二部分对小说的幽默进行分析；

第三部分是对于小说的讽刺加以分析；

第四部分为结论，重申主题。

关键词:

《傲慢与偏见》；

幽默；

讽刺

Abstract

InthenovelofPrideandPrejudice,thelovestoryofElizabethandDarcyisthemainline，whichshowsapictureofthe18thcenturyoftheEnglishcustoms.JaneAustin,skillfullyusedthetechniqueofavarietyofsatire.Hernovelrevealstheloveandmarriageoftheyoungpeopleasthatage.Asthesametime,thenovelcriticizesthemarriage,whichonlyfocusesonmaterialism.

Tosupportthethesis,thepaperisdividedintofourparts.Thefirstpartbringsabriefintroductiononboththeauthorandthenovel.Thesecondpartmakesananalysisofthehumorinthenovel.Thethirdpartmakesananalysisofthecharactersinthenovel.Thefourthpartistheconclusion,restatingthethesisofthepaper.

Keywords:

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PrideandPrejudice"

;

humor;

irony

.Introduction

1.1.Anintroductiontotheauthor

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16th,1775,inSteventonrectoryinHampshire,England.Shespentheryearsofchildhoodandyouththere.HerfatherwastherectorofSteventon,HampshireandJaneAustenwastheseventhdaughter.Atfirst,Mr.Austenwantedtofindagoodboardingschoolforhisdaughters.However,allthisattemptsfailed.Then,hedecidedtoteachhisdaughtersathome.Ofcourse,theybenefitedfromtheirfather'

sextensivelibraryandhisguidancealot.JaneAustenspentherearlyyearsquietlyandcheerfullyindoingsmalldomesticduties.Shebegantowriteatanearlyageandwhenshewasfifteenyearsold,herwritingwasalreadymarkedbyhercharacteristicneatstylishnessandhercrispirony.JaneAustenlikedtoreadwhatshehadwrittentoherfamily.Anditimpressedherfathergreatly.Soinordertopublishhisdaughter'

sworks,Mr.Austentriedtowritetosomepublisher,offeringthemanuscript.Buthefailed.TheAustenfamilymovedtoBathin1801.TheylivedthereuntilMr.Austendiedin1805.Later,JaneAustenmovedtoSouthampton,andthentoChawtoninHampshiretogetherwithhermother,hersister-Cassandra,andherlifelongfriend-MarthaLloyd.In1817,shewenttoWinchesterduetoherhealthproblemanddiedthereonJuly18th,1817.ShewasburiedinWinchesterCathedral.InJaneAusten'

slifetime,shedidnotgetmarried.

JaneAustenenjoyedalifeof41years.Duringthisperiod,shewrotesixnovelsalltogether.TheyareSenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudice,MansfieldPark,Emma,NorthangerAbbey,andPersuasion.ThefirstfournovelswerepublishedwhileshewaslivingatChawton,andthelasttwoinDecember1817,severalmonthsafterherdeath.ButJaneAustenwastoomodesttoacknowledgethatshewastheauthorsofthesesixnovels.Allofhernovelswerepublishedanonymously.

Inallthesesixnovels,JaneAustentalkedaboutthesmallworldthatshelivedin.“Ofeventsherlifewassingularlybarren:

fewchanges,andnogreatcrisisevenbrokethesmoothcurrentofitscourse.”Shefixedhereyesontheordinaryandcomiclifeandtheassociationoftheso-calledrespectablemiddle-classfamiliesinvillagewhichshewasquitefamiliarwith,especiallytheexperienceofprovincialgirlshuntingforhusbands.Shewasenliveningherfather'

sparsonageandwritingabouttheclergy,theoldmaids,theshort-sightedmothers,themarriageabledaughters,andotherpeoplethatfigureinvillagelife.Therewerenothingsinhernovelsaboutsex,violence,death,radicalbehavior,heroicpassions,astoundingadventures,dramaticconflictsortragedies,whichwerealwaystalkedaboutbytheherpredecessorsandhercontemporarywriters.ThestoriesandthecharactersunderherpenarealloflyricalandpastoralflavorwithoutbeinginfluencedbythegreathistoricalchangetheFrenchRevolution,whichbrokeoutinJaneAusten'

stime.

AstoJaneAusten'

sverystyleofherworks,theBritishfemaleVirginiaWoolfsaidinherfamousARoomofOne'

sOwn.Ofallgreatofnovelists,JaneAustenisthemostdifficulttocatchintheactgreatness.InAboutAusten,T.BMacaulaysaid:

“ShakespeareisUnparallel,however,inthisrespect,thewriterwhosewritingstyleisthemostperfectashim,isundoubtedlyJaneAusten.SheistheprideofGreatBritain.”AndthecommentfromSirWalterScottis:

“Thatyoungladyhadatalentfordescribingtheinvolvementsandfeelingsandcharactersofordinarylife,whichis-tomethemostwonderfulIevermetwith.TheBigBow-wowstrainIcandomyselflikeanynowgoing;

buttheexquisitetouch,whichrendersordinarycommon-placethingsandcharactersinteresting,fromthetruthofthedescriptionandsentiment,isdeniedtome.Whatapitysuchagiftedcreaturediedsoearly!

”

ItistruethatJaneAustenkepthereyesonaroundherandaboutthesmallworldshelivedin.Peoplebothinherlifeandinhernovelspaidvisits,wenttoballsandpartieswitheachotherandspentpartofeveryyearatBrighton,especiallyatBath.Herwritingwasconfinedtoanarrowandsmallfield.However,itwasrightinthisnarrowandsmallfieldthatseveralgreatnovelswerecreated,whichhavebeenpopularthroughoutthehistoryofliterature.Therefore,JaneAustenherselfcomparedherworktosomefineengravingmadeuponalittlepieceofivoryinonlytwoinchessquare.

JaneAusten'

swordsarehumorousandironic.Asmentionedabove,shepaidgreatattentiontotheordinaryandcomiclifeofcommonpeopleinthecountrysideofBritain.Sheisgoodatmakingthecharactersinhernovels.InanAustennovel,wordsandmodesofdiscoursetakeonanewsignificanceasindicationsofhowcharacterswillactAusten'

sironicemphasisplacessignificanceuponthelocalitiesoflanguageandsituationratherthanonnarrative.Theyreflecttheconceit,foolishnessandabsurdityofhumannaturelikeamirror.JustastheBritishcriticA.CBradleyhassaidthatJaneAustenhastwoobvioustendencies:

shewasbothamoralistandahumorist.

Inaddition,JaneAustenisregardedasarealisticnovelistinsteadofaromanticoneandhernovelsareregardedasthefirstscaleofgenerally-acknowledgedBritishrealisticnovelsinthenineteenthcenturybecauseheremphasisonreason,propriety,anddecorummakeshercloserinspirittolate-eighteenth-centuryAgeofReasonthantotheRomanticismthatgenerallyrebelledagainsteighteenth-centuryvalues.Sheconcernedaboutthesocialrealityofherdayandasmentionedabove,shesucceedsinproducingveryvividportraitsofhermajorcharactersandinpaintingrealisticandcolorfulpicturesofthelifeandmannersoftheuppermiddleclassinruralEnglandofhertime.

1.2.Anintroductiontothenovel

AmongthesixnovelsthatJaneAustenhaswritten,PrideandPrejudiceisthemostfamousandthemostpopularone.Sofar,ithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguagesandwidelyread.Itisalsoadaptedintofilmsanddramas,allofwhicharesuccessful.Sothereisnowonderthatitisincludedinthelistoftheworld'

stenfamousnovels.Itisaverydramaticandattractivenovel.

Themainsubjectinthenovelisstatedinthefirstsentenceofthenovel:

“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”1Inthisstatement,Janehascleverlydonethreethings:

shehasdeclaredthatthemainsubjectofthenovelwillbecourtshipandmarriage.Shehasestablishedthehumoroustoneofthenovelbytakingasimplesubjecttoelaborateandtospeakintelligentlyof,andshehaspreparedthereaderforachaseinthenovelofeitherahusbandinsearchofawife,orawomeninpursuitofahusband.ThefirstlinealsodefinesJane'

sbookasapieceofliteraturethatconnectsitselftothe18thcenturyperiod.PrideandPrejudicebelongstothe18thcenturybecauseoftheemphasisonmaninhissocialenvironmentratherthaninhisindividualconditions.Theuseofsatireandwit,acommonformofthe18thcenturyliterature,alsocontributestolabelthebookasanovelofthe18thcentury.

.Theanalysisofthehumorinthenovel

JaneAustenisrecognizedtobeoneofthesupremeartistsofthenovel.ItisbelievedthatsheinheritsthetraditionoftheEuropeanwayofwritinganovelanddevelopsitintoauniqueoneofherown,whichmakeshernovelsalwaysinamongdiscerningreadersofallclasses,andtimeandspacehaveneverdamagedherreputation.ItcanbemanifestedbyT.B.Macaulay'

sawords:

“Shakespearehashadneitherequalorsecond,butamongthewriterswho,…haveapproachednearesttothemannerofthegreatmaster,wehavenohesitationinplacingJaneAusten,awomenofwhomEnglandisjustlyproud.”Anotherrenownedcriticfollowedthisassertion,sayingthatJaneAustenis“aproseShakespeare”.

AnothercriticalevaluationofJane