王守仁《英国文学选读》(第2版)笔记和课后习题详解(简 奥斯汀)【圣才出品】

第7单元简•奥斯汀

7.1 复习笔记

Jane Austen （1775-1817）（简·奥斯汀）

1. Life （生平）

Jane Austen was the seventh child of Reverend George Austen, rector of Stevenson, and was born in the parsonage of the village in 1775. She passed all her life in doing small domestic duties in the countryside. She was educated at home and began to write at an early age. It was not until Walter Scott’s anonymous article full of admiration to Emma when Austen began to be known. Austen was a bright and attractive little woman, but she was averse to publicity and popularity. She died, quietly as she had lived, at Winchester in 1817, and was buried in the cathedral. Austen was at her best in writing about young girls, because she understood them astonishingly well.

简·奥斯汀是乔治·奥斯汀，史蒂文森教区牧师的第7个孩子。她在乡村琐碎的家庭事务中度过了一生。她在家接受教育，很小就开始写作。直到司各特发表了一篇匿名文章，赞赏《艾玛》，奥斯汀才渐渐为人熟知。奥斯汀个头不高，开朗迷人，但对出名十分厌恶。她于1817年在温彻斯特平静地离世，被葬在教堂。奥斯汀最擅长刻画年轻女孩，因为她自己完全了解她们的情感。

2. Major Works of Austen （奥斯汀的主要作品）

Sense and Sensibility（1811）《理智与情感》

Pride and Prejudice（1813）《傲慢与偏见》

Mansfield Park（1814）《曼斯菲尔德庄园》

Emma（1815）《爱玛》

Persuasion（1818）《劝导》

Northanger Abbey（1818）《诺桑觉寺》

3. Selected works （作品选读）

◆Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》

Pride and Prejudice mainly tells of the love story between a rich proud young man Darcy and the poor, beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet, one of the daughters in Bennet’s family. At first, Elizabeth detests Darcy and refuses Darcy’s proposal for his behavior towards her family and friends, though some of the matters are misunderstandings. In Elizabeth’s eyes, Darcy has nothing but pride. But after a series of things, Elizabeth knows about the true Darcy who is kind-hearted and noble. In the end, they are happily united.

小说主要讲述了富有的年轻人达西和贫穷却美丽聪慧的伊丽莎白·班尼特之间的爱情故事。起先，伊丽莎白因为一系列事情对达西产生了偏见，从而讨厌他并拒绝了他的求婚。在她眼里，达西永远一副瞧不起她家人和朋友的形象。但经过许多事情之后，她了解到达西的善良和高尚，最终两人走到一起。

Comment on Pride and Prejudice （赏析）

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s masterpiece. In thi s novel, Jane Austen mainly describes four marriages to show the reader that different people have different attitudes towards love and marriage and she also tells us that a combination based on love and similarities is happy and perfect marriage. In her opinion, the money-orientede marriage and sex-oriented marriage are not successful though people can live together.

《傲慢与偏见》是奥斯丁的代表作。小说中主要描述了四种不同的婚姻。小说也透露出作者认为的最好的婚姻，即以经济条件和共同爱好为基础的婚姻。在作者看来，以金钱为主和以情爱为主的婚姻十不成功的。

4. Features of her writings （写作特点）

Austen’s no vels are britened by their witty conversation and omnipresent humour. Her stories are skillfully woven together; her plots never leave the path of realism, and have always been sensible. Her language shines with elegant and refined, but never showy. She herself compared her work to a fine engraving made up on a little piece of ivory only two inches square. The comparison is true. The ivory surface is small enough, but the lady who made the drawings of human life on it was a real artist.

简的小说通过言谈风趣人的对话表现出无所不在的幽默。她的小说都是精心安排的，小说的情节从来不会脱离现实，比较理性。她的语言典雅精致,但绝不花哨。她把自己的作品比作在只有两个平方英寸的一个小块象牙上雕刻。这个比方比较真实。象牙表面虽然足够小,