分析《傲慢与偏见》中的反讽手法_英语论文

An Analysis of Irony in Pride and Prejudice

摘要

《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀，18世纪末19世纪初英国评判现实主义女作家的一部代表作。小说描述了四桩婚姻，以主人公达西和伊丽莎白的爱情故事为主线，以宾格利和简、柯林斯和夏洛特、韦翰和莉迪亚的婚姻为辅，针对达西先生的“傲慢”与伊丽莎白对达西的“偏见”，生动形象地向读者展现了十九世纪初英国中上阶层的生活状态与交际文化。反讽修辞手法是简·奥斯汀作品中最重要的特点与语言的精髓。在这一部小说中，奥斯汀反讽手法的成功运用既刻画了大量生动形象的人物，同时也抒发了耐人寻味的主题。反讽大致可分为三类，语言反讽、戏剧反讽和情境反讽。本文将探讨在《傲慢与偏见》这部作品中多次反复使用的反讽手法在塑造人物形象、组织情节以及主题表现这三方面的作用。

关键词：简·奥斯汀；反讽手法；人物塑造；情节推动；主题表达

Abstract 

Pride and Prejudice is the representative work of Jane Austen, a British critical realism woman writer of the late 18th and early 19th century. It describes the love story of four young couples represented by the development of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s love, which reflects the social communicative life and people’s occlusive minds in British countryside through the description of Mr. Darcy’s “pride” and Elizabeth’s “prejudice” against Darcy. It is the most important work of Jane Austen and receives worldwide popularity. And the rhetoric use of irony is Austen’s most significant feature and the essence of her language arts. It is successfully applied in this masterpiece that shapes a lot of vivid characters and develops a thought-provoking theme. Irony can be classified as verbal irony, dramatic irony and situational irony. This essay deals with the repeated use of irony in Pride and Prejudice, and the contribution of irony to characterization, plot development and theme expression in this work.

Key Words: Jane Austen; Irony; characterization; plot development; theme 

Contents

Introduction 1

1. Information about Jane Austen 1

2. Literature Review about Irony 1

1. Verbal Irony in Characterization 3

1.1 Main Character 3

1.1.1 Elizabeth Bennet 3

1.1.2 Mr. Darcy 4

1.2. Minor Character 5

1.2.1 Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine 5

1.2.2 Wickham and Miss Bingley 7

2. Dramatic Irony in Plot Development 9

3. Situational Irony in Theme Development 11

Conclusion 13

References 14