Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis

Jane Austen is acknowledged for the application of realism and satire in her novels. This paper focuses on the analysis of realism and satire in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; however, her entire oeuvre spotlights the features (of satire and realism) alongside robust feminism: typical of her li...

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Main Author: Aziz Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of English, University of Chitral 2019-06-01
Series:University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature
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Online Access:https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/195
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description Jane Austen is acknowledged for the application of realism and satire in her novels. This paper focuses on the analysis of realism and satire in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; however, her entire oeuvre spotlights the features (of satire and realism) alongside robust feminism: typical of her literary taste and temperament, not necessarily of the Romantic Age which she lived in. Rigorous analysis and realistic observation reveals that the employment of realism and satire in Pride and Prejudice, are quite obvious, in all sorts of aspects including narrative, settings, themes and characters. Analysis of the novel under study leads to the observation that satire and realism go hand in hand in the said novel—intermittently—and thoughtfully. Conclusively, it is observed that Jane Austen’s literary life had a tremendous influence on how to subsume realism (primarily through matrimonies) of age and satire on a romantic society (whereby ideals collapse headlong), in Pride and Prejudice.
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spelling doaj.art-028f025ebfe94c1dbf5773768d02a8242024-04-12T16:47:51ZengDepartment of English, University of ChitralUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature2617-36112663-15122019-06-013I10.33195/85j3px89Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative AnalysisAziz Ahmad0university of Malakand Jane Austen is acknowledged for the application of realism and satire in her novels. This paper focuses on the analysis of realism and satire in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; however, her entire oeuvre spotlights the features (of satire and realism) alongside robust feminism: typical of her literary taste and temperament, not necessarily of the Romantic Age which she lived in. Rigorous analysis and realistic observation reveals that the employment of realism and satire in Pride and Prejudice, are quite obvious, in all sorts of aspects including narrative, settings, themes and characters. Analysis of the novel under study leads to the observation that satire and realism go hand in hand in the said novel—intermittently—and thoughtfully. Conclusively, it is observed that Jane Austen’s literary life had a tremendous influence on how to subsume realism (primarily through matrimonies) of age and satire on a romantic society (whereby ideals collapse headlong), in Pride and Prejudice. https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/195Novel, Romantic Age, Satire, Irony, Realism, Jane Austen
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Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature
Novel, Romantic Age, Satire, Irony, Realism, Jane Austen
title Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
title_full Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
title_fullStr Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
title_short Satire and Realism in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: an Interpretative Analysis
title_sort satire and realism in jane austen s pride and prejudice an interpretative analysis
topic Novel, Romantic Age, Satire, Irony, Realism, Jane Austen
url https://jll.uoch.edu.pk/index.php/jll/article/view/195
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