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Pride and Prejudice, the Novel and the Movie A Feminist Approach

The present research paper endeavors to bring forth feminist characteristics in the works of one of the foremost novelists Jane Austen with special emphasis on one of her most renowned work Pride and Prejudice (1813), which has been adapted into movie many times, thus an analysis of feminist strain as depicted in the in the movie, the one by Focus Pictures starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley has been added. The feminist movement with emphasis on the concept of gyno-criticism (by the American feminist Elaine Showalter) is summarized to put Jane Austen as a prominent advocate of the stands of women all across the globe.

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Raiana Jasper

mahzabin alvina

Jane Austen (1775-1817), one of the prominent female authors who represents her feminist beliefs through her novels. Pride and Prejudice is one of her renowned novels, which portrays Austen’s opinions about women, marriage, identity, patriarchal society, depiction of women by the men etc. Xuiqing Wang, a Chinese critic claims in his article named ‘Analysis of the Feminism in Pride and Prejudice’, “Austen cared about women’s social position and claimed for women’s right to work and attempted to seek for the value of women in society and her effort to subvert the male-dominated value system can be seen in her novels” (2). Through the characters, plot, conversations among the characters and narrator’s selection of ironic words, Jane tries to reflect her own feminist beliefs in this novel.

Prof.Dr.Abdul Ghafoor Awan

The objective of this research paper is to analyze the problem of feminism about education and place of women in society in the light of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" in which the role and problems of women are discussed. For this purpose, we divided our paper into three sections: First section explains the meaning of feminism and the position of English woman in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Second section deals with Jane Austen's concept of feminism and the social milieu in which she was born and bred which affects her novels. Section three is reflected the irony employed by Jane Austen to address the social and political concerns of men and women of 19th-century. In her society, upper class women are almost always treated as soft gods, and marriage is an elegant courtship, one of the most important parts of British society.

Journal of English Language and Linguistics

yahya tayeb

This research paper aims to investigate the critical feministic issues reflected by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. The story widely reflects the English society of the Regency period. Specifically, this article sheds light on Austen's writing which comes in response to the Georgian Era. Accordingly, the position of woman has been terribly marginalized, including inequality, scarcity of women schools, class distinction, and prohibition of legacy that were noticeably questioned. These unjust practices where woman regressively faced, have been analysed on the light of the .

PUNE RESEARCH

Dr.Ganganand Singh

Literature has always acted as a mirror to the society. As the human society evolved slowly and gradually, literary writings, especially the novels played a pivotal role in reflecting and expressing the social scenarios and defining the human psyche. Women are the most integral part of the social discourse. Since centuries, they have strived hard in search of their true identity and worth. Turning through the pages of literary history, we can easily trace the footmarks of the transformation in the position of the females through societies and ages. Women writers and critics have given a glimpse of the social norms and structures prevalent during their times through their writings. Jane Austen is one such poignant writer from the Romantic Period of English Literature who broke apart from the traditionally accepted storyline through her youthful spirits and portrayal of strong female protagonists, who could think for themselves and take their own decisions. Born in a society that hugely discriminated between the rights given to men and women, Austen, since her childhood developed an internal anguish against the unjust social system. This even resulted in her being unmarried throughout her life and continued writing as a profession to be financially independent. Austen always advocated marriage in her novels, but she believed in marriage for love and not for gaining social status. Women during Austen’s times were expected to be submissive and timid. They were considered incapable of thinking wisely and hold own individuality. Her novels parodied the then conventional novel plot of love, marriage and courtship through youthful playfulness and subtle irony. Her female protagonists were the heroes of her novels; they were progressive as well as headstrong. They did not believe in social conformity in the male dominated society.

Sunalini Kondapally

Jane Austen is one of the most famous women writers of the nineteenth century. Her novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) deals with the position of women and their social expectations, most of which are related to marriage. The protagonist of this novel represents a unique response to those expectations, which is a product of her way of thinking. Women in the nineteenth century did not have much choice when it came to their future. They could either get married or become governesses if they were educated enough. Their life was shaped mostly by their families which tried to find them a husband who would support them. Austen's heroine Elizabeth, is self-reliant and unconventional woman who marry the man she love. The other characters, such as Lydia and Mrs. Bennet represent women whose ultimate goal in life is connected to marriage. Charlotte Lucas represents women who marry out of necessity and Jane Fairfax embodies the women who are strong and ready to do anything in the name of love. Accordingly, all those women represent different female responses to social norms and to their own position in the society. Jane Austen was a British writer who was dynamic during the Regency period. Pride and Prejudice (1813) is her most popular novel. It deals with the life of Elizabeth Bennet, who is the second of five daughters in the Bennet family. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate that these characters speak to a female representation to certain social standards concerning their life. This paper depicts the identities of Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Lydia and Kitty are the important characters from Pride and Prejudice. The description concentrates on the women characters identities and their social circumstance in order to show how their actions and decisions are formed by their position in and their view on society. Pride and Prejudice is based particularly in the mid nineteenth century under the Victorian Age. Even when a female representative was administering the nation, women did not have any options for their lives, they were viewed as ideal, saints and pure, so as saints they had no

Ajda Baştan

This study aims to explore feminist viewpoints in Jane Austen's works in general. As a famous 19 th Century novelist, Jane Austen tried to show the realities of women in her time. The common theme in all Austen's works includes the marriages of young women and the general social class structure of England in the 19 th Century. Jane Austen was a published female novelist who wrote under her own name which can be seen as an important feminist quality. She gifted six novels to readers about women centred in the thoughts, desires and behaviours of them. Besides, new innovations in the 19 th Century literature have also been mentioned in this study. ONDOKUZUNCU YÜZYIL EDEBİYATI VE JANE AUSTEN'IN ROMANLARINDAKİ FEMİNİST MOTİFLER ÖZET Bu çalışma, genel anlamda Jane Austen'in eserlerindeki feminist bakış açısını ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ondokuzuncu yüzyılın ünlü romancısı Jane Austen kendi çağının kadınlarının gerçeklerini göstermeye çalışmıştır. Austen'in bütün eserlerindeki ortak tema ondokuzuncu yüzyıl İngilteresi'nin genel sosyal sınıf yapısı ve genç kadınların evlilikleri ile ilgilidir. Jane Austen kendi adı altında yazmış olan kadın romancıdır ve bu özelliği ile önemli bir feminist özellik ortaya koyar. Yazar, okuyuculara kadınların düşüncelerini, taleplerini ve davranışlarını anlatan altı roman bırakmıştır. Bu çalışmada ayrıca ondokuzuncu yüzyıl edebiyat dünyasında meydana gelen yeniliklerden de bahsedilmiştir.

Isabelle Amaya

Shamsuddeen Bello

Jane Austen's reputation as a great English novelist, and as one who was able to raise the female voice at such a time when women could not be heard, or even get published, had been recognised by the likes of Leavis, Richards and Bloom – who consider her works as examples of the best that had been thought of and said in the world – thus worthy of inclusion in the great tradition. This paper examines Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion as products of a feminist state of mind. This way, it presents the pitiable depiction of the female in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries – a period characterised by the need for women to preserve themselves from want through the institution of marriage. The paper also explores how Austen employed the narrative form which allows her heroines to recreate and redefine themselves through the medium of dialogue and feminine thinking.

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