摘　要

本文着重分析了《傲慢与偏见》中的幽默与讽刺。开头部分首先介绍了 “幽默”与 “讽刺”的定义。然后结合《傲慢与偏见》中的例子分别欣赏了对话中的幽默，情节的幽默，小说主题的讽刺，人物塑造的讽刺。文章最后先分析了“幽默”与“讽刺”结合使用相得益彰，然后引用了《傲慢与偏见》中的例子使读者体会幽默与讽刺对这部小说的共同效果。

关键词：幽默；讽刺；《傲慢与偏见》；效果

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on analysing humour and satire in Pride and Prejudice. At the beginning of the paper, we introduce the concepts of “humour” and “satire”. Then, we use examples from Pride and Prejudice to separately appreciate humour in conversation, humour in plot, satire in the theme of the novel and satire in characterization. At last, we analyse the advantage of both humour and satire in any works and cite examples in Pride and Prejudice to make readers realize the effect of both humour and satire in this novel.

Key Words: humor; satire; Pride and Prejudice; effect

1. Introduction

Jane Austen is the outstanding woman novelist of Britain in the 19th century. Sir Walter Scott thought highly of her ability to render "ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting". Macaulay and George Lewes regarded her as no less than a "prose Shakespeare". Jane Austen now ranks as a master of the English novel and contributes a lot to literary world.

Her most famous work-- Pride and Prejudice-- displays such shrewd wit, delicate satire, attracting humor and accomplished characterizations. Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top lists of “most loved books”. 
 
In this paper we are going to appreciate humour and satire in Pride and Prejudice. Since there are many different definitions of humor and satire, in this paper, we tried to present relatively complete concepts of humour and satire, and discuss their relation. Also we appreciate many humorous and satirical examples in Pride and Prejudice, and the effect of both humor and satire in this novel.