第7單元　簡?奧斯汀

7.1　復習筆記

Jane Austen （1775-1817） （簡·奧斯汀）

1Life （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.

簡·奧斯汀是喬治·奧斯汀，史蒂文森教區牧師的第7個孩子。她在鄉村瑣碎的家庭事務中度過了一生。她在家接受教育，很小就開始寫作。直到司各特發表了一篇匿名文章，贊賞《艾瑪》，奧斯汀才漸漸為人熟知。奧斯汀個頭不高，開朗迷人，但對出名十分厭惡。她于1817年在溫徹斯特平靜地離世，被葬在教堂。奧斯汀最擅長刻畫年輕女孩，因為她自己完全了解她們的情感。

2Major Works of Austen （奧斯汀的主要作品）

Sense and Sensibility （1811） 《理智與情感》

Pride and Prejudice （1813） 《傲慢與偏見》

Mansfield Park （1814） 《曼斯菲爾德莊園》

Emma （1815） 《愛瑪》

Persuasion （1818） 《勸導》

Northanger Abbey （1818） 《諾桑覺寺》

3Selected works （作品選讀）

◆Pride and Prejudice《傲慢與偏見》

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.

小說主要講述了富有的年輕人達西和貧窮卻美麗聰慧的伊麗莎白·班尼特之間的愛情故事。起先，伊麗莎白因為一系列事情對達西產生了偏見，從而討厭他并拒絕了他的求婚。在她眼里，達西永遠一副瞧不起她家人和朋友的形象。但經過許多事情之后，她了解到達西的善良和高尚，最終兩人走到一起。

Comment on Pride and Prejudice （賞析）

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s masterpiece. In this 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.

《傲慢與偏見》是奧斯丁的代表作。小說中主要描述了四種不同的婚姻。小說也透露出作者認為的最好的婚姻，即以經濟條件和共同愛好為基礎的婚姻。在作者看來，以金錢為主和以情愛為主的婚姻十不成功的。

4Features of her writings （寫作特點）

Austen’s novels 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.

簡的小說通過言談風趣人的對話表現出無所不在的幽默。她的小說都是精心安排的，小說的情節從來不會脫離現實，比較理性。她的語言典雅精致,但絕不花哨。她把自己的作品比作在只有兩個平方英寸的一個小塊象牙上雕刻。這個比方比較真實。象牙表面雖然足夠小,但在這上面雕刻人類真實生活的才是一個真正的藝術家。