Rationality and Emotionality——On the plot of Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen wasa writer in the age of rationality, which surely leavesitsimprint upon her worksPride and Prejudice. The"pride" and"prejudice"of the heroes and heroines in the novel manifest the fact that they are rationally- controlled. Such rationality, however, high- lights the unusual power of emotionality when the characters finally get married after experiencing complicated love This kind of first- back- grounding- emotionality- and- then- foregrounding it plot development in the works displays Austen's profound knowledge of life and her progressive thought surpassing her times. It also represents the characteristics of "the exterior rationalism and the interior romanticism"in her works.

Jane Austen was a writer in the age of rationality, which surely leaves its imprint upon her works Pride and Prejudice. The ＂pride＂ and ＂prejudice＂ of the heroes and heroines in the novel manifest the fact that they are rationaUy-controUed. Such rationality, however, high- lights the unusual power of emotionality when the characters finally get married after experiencing complicated love This kind of first-back- grounding-emotionality-and-then-foregrounding it plot development in the works displays Austen＇s profound knowledge of life and her progressive thought surpassing her times. It also represents the characteristics of ＂the exterior rationalism and the interior romanticism＂ in her works.