Category: Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is a novel on manners, social customs, and etiquette based in early 19th century England. One of the most notable themes in this novel is, of course, reputation and impressions. Austen originally titled this novel as First Impressions. While Austen does make numerous references to the importance of first impressions, this essay…

Jane Austen and Mark Twain are two very diverse authors, from two totally different backgrounds. Aside from the fact that they are male and female, they were born in different time periods and countries. The one thing they had in common was their love of writing, but in addition to this, they both used their…

Introduction The studies that approach texts of literary with corpus linguistic methods is developing and The use of corpus (corpora) in stylistics has become increasingly in recent years and the term of corpus stylistics is substantially popular. The latin word corpus (corpora) refers to a collection of texts means  body. The texts are saved…

The drama of Pride and Prejudice focuses not on action, but on observation. Thus, the portrayed plot is secondary to the interaction of characters through dialogue and the gaze. Such significance of the evolving perceptions of the characters is undoubtedly emphasized by the original title of the novel, First Impressions. Jane Austen depicts the existent…

According to the author Robert Fulham the point is that getting married for lust or money or social status or even love is usually trouble. The point is that marriage is a maze into which we wander, a maze that is best to go through with a great companion. In the novel, Pride and Prejudice…

Marriage as an institution has always been in a constant state of flux, the ideas revolving around it have been changing from era to era. In the stone age marriage was not a concept as it is nowadays, men and women would make pairs and procreate. Slowly and steadily values started to get attached to…

The conflict of deviation from societys traditional norms proves exceedingly controversial, especially in nineteenth-century England, a setting in which social and behavioral norms dictate the lives of individuals. However, author Jane Austen tackles this conflict by conveying the impact of individuals surroundings on their personal and social development in her novel, Pride and Prejudice. The…

Abstract The present paper try to focus on the major contributions of Jane Austen during the Romantic Age. This period was a revolutionary period in literature and rebellion against the old standards of Classicism. The writers of this period tried to establish individual freedom in the world of imagination. In the present paper the focus…

In Jane Austens book Pride and Prejudice, she presents Elizabeth Bennett as a modern woman that rejects the 19th Centurys societal. The author has shown three fundamental aspects throughout the book and movie which are- Love, Reputation and Class. And all the three aspects are connected to conceptualizing Jane Austens views on love and Marriage…

Pride and Prejudice is a love story written by English writer Jane Austen. Although it was written between 1796 and 1797, it could only be published on 28 January 1813. Since it was considered that writing profession coincides with the duties of womanhood, Austen had trouble finding publishers. Eventually, she had to bring her works…