Essays about: "historical background of pride and prejudice"

Found 2 essays containing the words historical background of pride and prejudice.

1. 1. Class, Rank and Status in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Kajsa Söderström; [2021]
   Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; social class; social rank; social status; historical background; biographical background; social criticism; early 19th century; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, is one of Jane Austen’s best known novels but there is much hidden from a modern reader when encountering the text. Being unfamiliar with the class system of early 19th-century England and its complexities will diminish the impact of the novel that would be apparent to an early reader of Austen. READ MORE

3. 2. Thorny reading : A didactic and literary approach to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Emma Ivarsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Reading difficulties; gender differences in reading; marriage; heritance; ;

   Abstract : Abstract This essay has a gender perspective on didactics and literature with the aim to highlight the circumstances surrounding reading and understanding the novel Pride and Prejudice in a classroom context. Since Pride and Prejudice is written with a somewhat complicated language the pupils are likely to encounter some difficulties when reading the novel. READ MORE