English and American Literature & Selected Readings
: : Contents Part 2: English Renaissance Thackeray Jane Austen The Bronts
George Eliot William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863)
Chapter 3Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863) Important Points Thackerays Major Works Main Idea of Vanity Fair
Comments on Vanity Fair Comments on Thackeray W. M. Thackeray Thackerays Life Story His Life born in India Indian Company official 5 years cartoon drawing
sent to England satirical verses edited a student paper Cambridge 1830, without a degree His Life France The Natural Era Germany into politics Italy England
a bourgeois radical newspaper articles, satirical sketches Vanity Fair in 1847 peak His Life success in 1. tragic marriage writing career
2. neglected by Mother failure in his life 3. looked down upon by his peers 4. heart troubles died of heart attack in London on Christmas Eve in 1863 William Makepeace Thackeray
Students Presentation Speaker: Members: His Literary Works 1) The Book of Snobs
It gives a satirical description of the different strata/'streit/ of the ruling classes of England and is regarded as a prelude to Thackerays major literary career. His Literary Works from Bunyans Pilgrims Progress
2) Vanity Fair from Bunyans Pilgrims Progress 3) The History of Pendennis 4) The Newcomes His Literary Works historical novels
5) The History of Henny Esmond 6) The Virginians A truthful pictures of England in the beginning of the 18th century, the corrupt life of the English aristocracy. The Virginians is the sequel to Henry Esmond, dealing with the young mens adventures during the American War of Independence, a critical and sarcastic description of English fashionable Society(). An Analysis of Vanity Fair
Basic information Main idea Major characters Themes Language features An Analysis of Vanity Fair
Presentation Speaker: Members: Analysis of Vanity Fair
simple, sentimental, weak, but good at heart Amelia Sedley characters a bourgeois society Rebecca Sharp cunning, immoral and quick-witted shrewd, unscrupulous, sophisticated Analysis of Vanity Fair
In the novel, Becky Sharp is a classic example of this money-grubbing instinct(). Everyone wishes to gain something in Vanity Fair and acts almost in the same manner as Becky. The Story of Vanity Fair An Analysis of Vanity Fair
Comments on Vanity Fair The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(1) Vanity Fair has a sub-title, A Novel Without a Hero, which intends to portray the bourgeois and aristocratic society as a whole. The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(2) Vanity Fair is work of social criticism, and is noted for the authors realistic depiction, the ironic and sarcastic tone and constant comment and criticism. (3) In Vanity Fair, Thackeray gives block characters( ). The Characteristics of Vanity Fair
(4) Thackeray uses symbolism in Vanity Fair. (5) Thackeray employs an omniscient/mnisint/ () narrator to tell the story Comments on Thackeray 1) Thackeray is one of the greatest critical realists of the 19th century Europe. 2) Thackeray is a satirist. His satire caustic() and his humor subtle(). Comments on Thackeray 3) Thackeray is a moralist.
His aim is to produce a moralimpression in all his novels. Assignment (3) 1. Remember Thackerays major works.
2. Give an analysis of Vanity Fair. 3. Comment on Thackeray and his novels. Chapter 4 Some Women Writers I. Jane Austen Jane Austen 1817 Important Points Austens 6 Novels Its Main Idea of P.P
An Analysis of Pride and Prejudice Comments on Austen and Her Works Jane Austens Life Hampshire educated at home read a lot
rector() educated at home read a lot restricted environment Jane Austens Life writing at an early age quiet retired six
uneventful limited six novels never married died in 1817, 42 years old Pride and Prejudice Reporter Members: Her 6 Novels 1. Northanger Abbey 2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Pride and Prejudice (It went begging// for 16 years) Her 6 Novels 4. Mansfield Park 5. Emma 6. Persuasion
Characteristics of Her Works
1. Jane Austen is one of the realistic novelists. She drew vivid and realistic pictures of everyday life of the country society in her novels. Characteristics of Her Works
2.Jane Austens main concern is about human beings in their personal relations, human beings with their families and neighbors. Stories of love and marriage provide the framework for all her novels and in them women are always taken as the major characters. Three of Types of Marriage
(1) those who marry for money,position and property, (2) those who marry just for passion , (3) those who marry for love based on consideration of the persons personal merit as well as his economical and social status. Characteristics of Her Works
3. Jane Austens work has a very narrow literary field. 4. Jane Austen is a writer who regards novel writing as a sophisticated art. She keeps the balance between fact and form. Other Features Jane Austen is successful in the employment of irony and frequent use ofwitty and delightful dialogues . The Themes The first theme is pride and prejudice.
Another theme is love and marriage. Pride and Prejudice The main idea of Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice, First Impression
The book mainly tells of the love story between a rich, proud young man Darcy and the beautiful and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet. None of the daughters of the wealthy family can inherit the estate (property) of the family for it has been entailed () upon the nearest male heir, William Collins. Pride and Prejudice, First Impression
Collins intends to marry and he decides to choose Elizabeth. But Elizabeth rejects his proposal. When another young man called Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, she has prejudice against him because she thinks that he has nothing but pride. After many twists and turns, misunderstanding disappears and they are happily united. Assignment (4) 1. Remember Austens six novels.
2. Tell the main idea of Pride and Prejudice. 3. What are Austens ideas of marriage. 4. Comment on Austens characteristics of her novels. The Bront Sisters The Bront sisters Charlotte Bront (18161855)
Emily Bront (18181848) Anne Bront (18201849) They were all talented writers and all of them died young. The Bront Sisters
Charlotte Bront (18161855) Emily Bront (18181848) Anne Bront (18201849) Their Life Story a poor clergyman family 1820, move to of Celtic blood
Haworth of Yorkshire untouched moorland wildness with its strong winds unhappy childhood mothers death; stern and dominant father; strict aunt; lack of suitable society Life Story Charlotte, took care of sisters and lovers of literature
brother, Branwell lovers of literature read a lot The three sisters charity school poems and stories together very poor condition Life Story French & German to open up a school Charllote, Emily
Brussels in 1842 Charlotte, a teacher unrequited love() failed a volume novels succeeded 1848, Emily died a victim of consumption()
misfortunes 1848, Emily died a victim of consumption() 1848, Branwell died of the illness; 1849, Anne died of the same illness; Father lost his eyesight Charlotte decided not to be married to look after Father; Later married to Fathers curate /kjureit/() Charlotte died less than a year after her marriage. English Literature The Bront Sisters
Reporter: Members Representative works Charlotte:
1) The Professor, (based on her Brussels experience; not published until her death) 2) Jane Eyre,(masterpiece) 3) Shirley, (after Annes death), 4) Villette, (based on her sad days in Brussels) Representative works Emily: Wuthering Heights, Anne:
Agnes Grey, Charlotte Bront Charlotte Bront (18181848) Jane Eyre Students Presentation Speaker: Members: Charlottes Writing Features
Both Charlotte and Emily write about their familiar things around them. A: Charlottes Writing Features: 1) Charlottes novels are all about lonely and neglected young women with a fierce longing for life and love. Charlottes Writing Features
2) Her novels are more or less based on her own experience and feelings and the life as she sees around. 3) Although her objective descriptions are detailed and exact, she is a subjective writer. Charlottes Writing Features
4) Her works are marked with an intensity of a volcanic() imagination and fiery passions and feelings, such as extreme fear, despair, and love, which an only be understood as her own. Janes Character Jane has rebellious character, fighting for freedom,
equal right with man, and true love Emily Bront Emily Bront (18181848) An Analysis of Wuthering Heights
Students Presentation Speaker: Members: Emilys Writing Features
1) She expresses the feelings of the hero in terms of spiritual suppress, tension and conflicts and the result to which such a feeling would lead. 2) Her novel is unique in its structure and its vision. Emilys Writing Features
3) In her novel, there is the combination of extremely simple, austere() and an adorned() language with the most mighty and intensified effects(). Main Idea of Some Novels
1) Jane Eyre 2) Wuthering Heights Assignments Remember the representative
works of the three Bront Sisters. 2. What are the writing features of Charlotte and Emily? 3. What are the main idea of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Height. George Eliot George Eliot 18191880 Mary Ann Evans G. Eliots Major Works 1.Translation:
The Essence of Christianity 2. Editor of The Westminster Review G. Eliots Major Works 3. Scenes of Clerical Life 1857
Three stories: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton 2) Mr Gilfils Lover Story 3) Janets Repentance 3. Scenes of Clerical Life 1857 G. Eliots Major Works Remarkable Novels: 4. Adam Bede
5.The Mill on the Floss 6. Silas Marner description of rural life; moral problems; psychological studies of characters 1859; 1860; 1861. manuscripts G. Eliots Major Works 7. Romola 1863
a historical novel of the Renaissance in Italy problems of religion and morality studied more than 500 books and documents in relation to art, antiquity() and old MSS manuscripts G. Eliots Major Works 8. Felix Holt the Radical 1866
9. Middlemarch (18711872) 10. Daniel Deronda Comments childmurder Moral conflicts social inequality
1. The plot of Adam Bede is founded on a story of a confession of _________________. 2. Adam Bede is a novel of ___________________. 3. The theme of ____________________ is blended with the Eliots moralization. childmurder Moral conflicts social inequality Comments moralization bourgeois reality
4. In The Mill on the floss, Maggies character is tinged with the authors___________________. 5. The tragic doom of Maggie virtually shows the irreconcilability of a gifted and noble-minded personality with______________________. moralization bourgeois reality Comments Tom and Maggie Silas Marner humanity
6. ___________________are the major characters in The Mill on the Floss. 7. _______________marks a retrogression, believing in the sentimental religion of humanity() and cherished the illusion () that __________ and love could do away with the evils of capitalism. Tom and Maggie Silas Marner humanity George Eliot Students Presentation George Eliots Silas Marner Silas Marners Character
So had his way of life:he invited no comer to step across his door-sill, and he never strolled into the village to drink a pint at the Rainbow, or to gossip at the wheelwrights: he sought no man or woman, save for the purposes of his calling George Eliot, Silas Marner, p.6 Assignments What are George Eliots major works?
Write an essay on one of Eliots works within 2000 words. Assignments 3. 4.
5. Part 7 Mr and Mrs Brownings, Tennyson Goodbye.