1、Literaturelreview；驕橫與成見文件綜述LiteratureReviewPrideandPrejudiceisconsideredJaneAusten?smostfamousandsuccessfulnovel.Andinmanypeople?sopinionitisalsooneofthegreatestfictionswritteninEnglish.Itcontainsalltheelementsnecessaryforgreatliterature:anattractiveplot,atersestyle,appropriatesetting,andfascinating

2、characters.ManyliteraturecriticswriteessaystoanalyzethisbookandIarrangetheminthefollowinglogicalway.1.TheMostRemarkableCharacterofAustensWorkThemostremarkablecharacterofAusten?sworkistheaccuratedescriptionsofthedetailsofdailylife.AsW.F.Pollock(1860)saidattemptstodescribeasceneoraclass“MissAustenneve

3、rofsocietywithwhichshewasnotherselfthoroughlyacquainted.Theconversationsofladieswithladies,orofladiesandgentlementogether,aregiven,butnoinstanceoccursofasceneinwhichmenonlyarepresent.”importantforherarethoselittlematters,asEmmasays,“onwhichthedailyhappinessofprivatelifedepends”.Inhertimemarriagemain

4、lydeterminedwomenssocialallordinarypeopleandthedialoguesandeventsmayhappenineveryone?sdailylife.ManyliterarycriticshavethesameideaasW.F.Pollock,suchasW.A.N.andSirWalterScott.W.A.N.(1815)said,ThemostremarkablecharacteristicofJaneAustenasanovelistisherrecognitionofthelimitsofherknowledgeoflifeandherde

5、terminationnevertogobeyondtheselimitsinherbooks?.InPrideandPrejudiceshedescribesthemiddleclass,withwhichsheisfamiliarandthepartofthecountrywithwhichshewasacquainted.Sheputsherfirst-handobservationandexperienceintothisnoveltotellusstoriesabouttheBennetsisters.Sheherselfspeaksofthelittlebit(twoinchesw

6、ide)ofivoryonwhichIwork.WecantakeanydialoguefromPrideandPrejudice,andyouwillfinditisjustliketalksineverynormaldayofthattime.SirWalterScott(1826)alsoevaluatedPrideandPrejudiceinhisjournal:Readagain,andforthethirdtimeatleast,MissAustensveryfinelywrittennovelofPrideandPrejudice.Thatyoungladyhasatalentf

7、ordescribingtheinvolvementsandfeelingsandcharactersofordinarylifewhichistomethemostwonderfulIevermetwith.Thebigbow-wowstrainIcandomyselflikeanynowgoing;buttheexquisitetouch,whichrendersordinarycommonplacethingsandcharactersinteresting,fromthetruthofthedescriptionandthesentiment,isdeniedtome.2.TheQua

8、lityofAustensWorkW.F.Pollock(1860)alsotalkedaboutthequalityofthenovel“Theuniformqualityofherworkisonemostremarkablepointtobeobservedinit.Letavolumebeopenedatanyplace:thereisthesamegoodEnglish,thesamerefinedstyle,thesamesimplicityandtruth”.WhenwereadPrideandPrejudicewecanfeelthedialogueshumorousandfa

9、nnyanditshowsAusten?sspecialintelligent,wittyandlively.Janealwaysseesthegoodofothers.SoyouwillfindthatAustenissoskillfulinmanaginghercharacters.ItwillthenbefoundhowgreathasbeenthediscriminationofMissAustenintheselectionof1hercharacters,andhowskillfulishertreatmentinthemanagementofthem.Itistruethatth

10、eeventsareforthemostpartthoseofdailylife,andthefeelingsarethoseconnectedwiththeusualjoys;butthesearetheveryeventsandfeelingsuponwhichthehappinessormiseryofmostofusdepends;andthefieldwhichembracesthem,totheexclusionofthewonderful,thesentimental,andthehistorical,issurelylargeenough,asitcertainlyadmits

11、ofthemostprofitablecultivation.Intheend,too,thenovelofdailyreallifeisthatofwhichweareleastapttoweary:aroundoffancyballswouldtirethemostvigorousadmirersofvarietyincostume,andthereturntoplainclotheswouldbehailedwithgreaterdelightthantheiroccasionalsWorkAusten?saccuratedescriptionofthedetailsofdailyisa

12、lsoconsideredaweaknessofherwork,andevenanobjectiontoher.Andshehasbeenaccusedofwritingdullstoriesaboutordinarypeople,especiallywhenherworkiscomparedwiththosedescribingthechangingtimesandhistoricalevents.ButinPollock?s(1860)viewitisjusttheuniquecharacterofAusten?swork.sHeroinessomuchasaninterestdeep,s

13、ilent,notquiteincompatiblewithasecondaryflirtation.JaneBennetsmiles,sighs,andmakesexcusesforBingleysneglect.EmmapassesonedisagreeablemorningmakinguphermindtotheunnaturalalliancebetweenMr.KnightleyandHarrietSmith.Itwasthespiritoftheage,andperhapsonenottobeunenvied.ItwasnotthatJaneAustenherselfwasincapableofunderstandingadeeperfeeling.5.Bibiliography1GoldwinSmith，1890.LifeofJaneAustenJ.GreatWriters2JaneAusten,1994.PrideandPrejudiceM