EN 1006 Lecture Notes - Jane Austen, Narration, Fee Tail

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Austen as published author : sense and sensibility (1811), published anonymously, pride and prejudice (1813, both her well reviewed, prince regent (later george iv) had a set in each of his residences. What are some genres of pride and prejudice: satire, strong element of realism (a blend of social classes) Generic hybridity of p&p : hybrid of romance and comedy, satire and sentiment, fairytale and realism, verisimilitude (truthfulness) of conversation and character, romantic endings, not like the romantic poet characters overcome the odds and end in marriage. Plain girls are seen as beautiful: fairytale narrative: opposites attract, economically, underprivileged girl wins her prince, unlike romantic heroes: austen"s heroes and heroines intricately involved in their society. In terms of realism there is great attention given to realistic dialogue. What about the tone of the text: there is an omniscient narrator but moves between the first person narrator to the third person narrator also known free indirect discourse.

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