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Pseudo-sisters in Emma: The Relationship Between Emma and Mrs. Weston, Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax
No full textThe aim of this project is to explain in what way Emma replaces her maternal and sisterly figures, and how she creates strong bonds with Mrs. Weston, Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax. This project is going to examine the close relationship between the protagonist and the three mentioned women. The first section will analyse the relationship between Emma and Mrs. Weston; it will explore why Emma's friend and governess can be considered her pseudo-mother and her educator. The second section will refer to the figures of Miss. Smith and Miss. Fairfax, as Emma adopts them as her pseudo-sisters.L'objectiu d'aquest treball és explicar de quina manera Emma substitueix la seva figura maternal i fraternal, i com crea forts vincles amb Mrs. Weston, Harriet Smith i Jane Fairfax. Aquest projecte examinarà l'estreta relació entre la protagonista i les tres dones abans mencionades. La primera secció analitzarà el vincle entre Emma i Mrs. Weston; explorarà per què la institutriu de l'Emma també pot considerar-se com la seva pseudo-mare i la seva educadora. La segona secció es referirà a les figures de Miss. Smith i Miss. Fairfax, ja que Emma les adopta com les seves pseudo-germanes.El objetivo de este trabajo es explicar de que forma Emma substituye su figura maternal y sororal, y como crea fuertes vínculos con Mrs. Weston, Harriet Smith y Jane Fairfax. Este proyecto examinará la estrecha relación entre la protagonista y las tres mujeres antes mencionadas. La primera sección analizará el vínculo entre Emma y Mrs. Weston; explorará por qué la institutriz de Emma también puede considerarse su pseudo-madre y su educadora. La segunda sección hará referencia a las figuras de Miss. Smith y Miss. Fairfax, ya que Emma las adopta como sus pseudo-hermana
Tradition, imitation and innovation : Jane Austin and the development of the novel.
No full textSIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:D87643 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
An Interpretation of Jane Austen’s Emma by Lacan’s Theory of Mirror Stage
No full textEmma is honored as the most mature work by Jane Austen. It centers on Emma Woodhouse, the heroine, and reveals the complicated love relationships among Frank Churchill and Harriet Smith, Mr. Elton and Jane Fairfax, and Mr. Knightley and Harriet Smith. This thesis intends to probe into the inner world of Emma and uncover her intricate feeling of match-making for others to self love seeking from the perspective of Lacan’s Mirror Stage and Three-Order Theory. From the theory, a number of crises among Emma and her father, Miss Taylor, and her other friends arise, which all contribute to her loss of complete ego. The split Emma, like a new-born infant, returns to the front of the mirror and begins to see her split ego in it. The Imaginary is the first realm of Lacan’s three Orders. The illusions from Harriet’s obedience, Frank’s deliberate deceiving, and the subtle relationship between Harriet and Mr. Knightley all lead Emma to irresistible self-seeking. Emma seeks out her ego under the Law in the Symbolic Order. In the constraint of Phallus, Emma eventually realizes her true emotion to Mr. Knightley and abandons the thought of match-making for Harriet. She breaks through the obstacles of herself in the Symbolic at last. After undergoing this self recognition, Emma reaches the Real Order, the last realm of ego seeking. Everything before all helps her sublimation in the Real
Women and independence in the nineteenth century novel : a study of Austen, Trollope and James
No full text'Women
and
independence in the nineteenth century novel : a
study
of
Austen, Trollope
and
James', begins
with the
concept of
independence
and works through the three
most common usages of
the
word.
The first, financial independence (not
needing to
earn one's
livelihood)
appears to be
a necessary prerequisite
for the
second
and third forms
of
independence,
although it is by
no means an
unequivocal good
in
any of
the
novels.
The
second,
intellectual
independence (not
depending
on others
for
one's opinion or conduct;
unwilling
to be
under obligation
to
others),
is
a matter of asserting independence
while employing
terms
which society recognizes.
The third,
of
being independent, is
exemplified
by
an
inward
struggle
for
a
knowledge
of self.
In
order
to trace the development
of
the idea
of self
during the
nineteenth century,
I have
chosen a group of novels which seem
to be
representative of
the beginning, the
middle, and the
end of
the period.
Particular
attention
is
given
to the
characterizations of
Emma
Woodhouse, Glencora Palliser, Isabel Archer, Milly Theale and
Maggie
Verver. Whereas in Jane Austen's
novels
the self
has a
definite shape
which the heroine
must
discover, and
in Anthony Trollope's
novels
the
self
(reflecting
the idea
of socially-determined man) must
learn to
accommodate social and political changes,
in Henry James's
novels
the
self
determined by
external manifestations
(hollow
man)
is
posed
against
the exercise of
the free
spirit or soul.
Jane Austen's
novels
look backward,
as she reacts against
late
eighteenth century romanticism, and
forward,
with
the development
of
the heroine
who exemplifies
intellectual independence. Anthony
Trollope's
women characters are creatures of social and political
adaptation; although
they do
not
derive their
reason
for being
from
men,
they
must accommodate
themselves to
men's wishes.
And
Henry James looks backward,
wistfully, at
Austen's
solid, comforting,
innocent
self and
forward, despairingly, to the dark,
unknowable self
of
the twentieth
century
A few points concerning the Williams Hospital of the American Board, Pang Chuang, Tehchow, China; The man with ten eyes
No full textBooklet (24 pages) describing the work of a hospital established by medical missionaries at Dezhou, China; includes "The man with ten eyes," by Mrs. Arthur H. (Emma Jane) Smith, a story about a blind man helped by the missionarie
The light of the eye : doctrine, piety and reform in the works of Thomas Sherlock, Hannah More and Jane Austen
No full textBibliography: leaves 376-401.This thesis investigates the ways in which three eighteenth-century writers, Bishop Thomas Sherlock, Hannah More and Jane Austen embody orthodox Anglican doctrine according to their individual perceptions of the enlightening properties of Protestant Christianity. After situating them in their respective gender, literary and ecclesiastical contexts, I examine some of their key doctrines and analyse excerpts from their works. My selection of passages from Sherlock's works is fairly comprehensive, but in the case of More and Austen, where there is already a formidable body of literary criticism, it is more selective. Thus, I focus on doctrine in More's tracts, Strictures on the System of Female Education, An Essay on St Paul and most especially Coelebs in Search of a Wife and in the case of Austen, on her prayers and select passages from Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park. I conclude that, although diverse in their particular kind of Anglicanism (High, Evangelical and Median) and in their choice of genre, transparency or obscurity (anonymity and pseudonymity) and the various narratological strategies some of them invoke to circumvent certain taboos, Sherlock, More and Austen champion the same central orthodox doctrines, defend them against current alternatives to orthodoxy such as Latitudinarianism, Deism and various forms of Freethinking, and promote similar moral and ecclesiastical reforms. However, indirectly (through female characters who resist male representation or control) the women writers subject their ostensibly authorially-endorsed male narrators/characters to scrutiny and sometimes (when the males objectify the women) subversion
LANGUAGE AND CHARACTER IN JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA
No full textEste trabalho procura ilustrar como Jane Austen segue uma apresentação sistemática de suas personagens em Emma.Primeiro ela apresentação suas personagens em passagens de narrativa, imitando logo após suas maneiras peculiares de expressão em discurso indireto livre, para então introduzi-las dramaticamente no romance.Através da linguagem, Jane Austen procura salientar aspectos da personalidade e da posição social de suas personagens em seus romances. Em Emma particularmente parece evidente que Jane Austen caracteriza Harriet Smith, Jane Fairfax and Mrs. Elton de tal maneira que a falta de traquejo social ou os defeitos da personalidade destas três personagens são trazidos à luz tão nitidamente (através de suas maneiras peculiares de expressão) que somos imediatamente levados a admirar o traquejo social de Emmae a atenuar os seus defeitos.Além disso, a transformação na iinguagem de Harriet Smith demonstra que apesar de Emma haver falhado em sua tentativa de fazer de Harriet uma heroína, ela não falha inteiramente pois a transformação na linguagem de Harriet indica desenvolvimento e crescimento interior
The 'Evils' of Emma: Resistance to Conformity in Jane Austen's Emma
No full textv + 44 pages. PDF.This thesis identifies and analyzes the ways in which Jane Austen's character of Emma resists social conformity throughout the novel Emma. Her resistance results in her ability to maintain control of her life and destiny through the end of the novel.
Chapter I is dedicated to studying various forms of criticism that have sought to define and understand Emma. Of particular interest is the feminist criticism that has viewed Emma as embracing nineteenth century patriarchal values. Special interest is also found in criticism that studies the way in which Austen deformed the popular conduct book/domestic Bildungsroman format.
Chapter II is dedicated to studying the ways in which Emma resists conforming to her socially accepted role as a woman by reconstructing characters who occupy important positions in relation to herself. These reconstructions are evident in her handling of Miss Taylor and Harriet Smith. The effect of Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse on Emma's self concept is also studied.
Chapter III is dedicated to the ways in which Emma resists conformity by refusing the role models presented to her by society. These role models are women almost equal in social status to Emma. Characters studied in the section include Isabella, Jane Fairfax, Mrs. Elton, and Miss Bates.
Chapter IV studies the ways in which Emma resists social conformity presented to her by the person considered most her equal: Mr. Knightley. This chapter also studies the ways in which Mr. Knightley changes his view of Emma in order to become a suitable partner for her.
In Chapter V, I conclude that Emma successfully resists conformity, even through her marriage to Mr. Knightley. I contend that Emma loses nothing of power or control while gaining a husband
'Myself creating what I saw ': sympathy and solipsism in Jane Austen's Emma
No full textThis paper situates Jane Austen’s Emma (1816) in relation to Enlightenment ideas
about selfhood. It argues that the moral philosophy of two central figures from
the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume and Adam Smith, may be used to shed
light on Austen’s dramatisation of the self’s interaction with others, especially
in Emma. Of particular importance is the emphasis on ‘sympathy’ in the work
of Hume and Smith. The genuinely ‘sympathetic’ self gains self-knowledge
and self-insight through responsiveness to the perspectives and predicaments of
others. This is in stark contrast to solipsistic conduct, which locks the individual
in a form of moral and epistemological blindness.http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/reia20hb201
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