Jane Austen Literary Analysis

Jane Austen is always regarded as the best female novelist of her own time. She is good at social comedy and human relations. However, she plays with gothic fiction and “Northanger Abbey” is often considered as a parody of gothic novels. To mock the Gothic romance in a certain way Jane Austen uses mainly two methods. First of all, she creates a logical and reliable domestic story with many domestic characters.

'Jane Eyre ' is the one of the famous novels by Charlotte Bronte and also known as the most prominent novels in the Great Britain. ‘Jane Eyre’ reflects the ultimate associations of the social order of that spell in Great Britain flawlessly. Search for family and love, the passion, diversities between social classes and the responsibilities of the women in the civilization of that period, all are comprised. 'Wuthering Heights ' is the only novel of Emily Bronte that articulates about passions that can increase in the lovers’ heart, expresses on how conditions may change the mode of life and what is most vital; it is a portrait of the heart of a woman. There were Gothic features in the stories of the Bronte juvenilia, and all the kids had been familiar with stories and poems of the supernatural over their reading of magazine of Blackwood and literary annuals.

    In the beginning of the novel Alyss is characterized as imaginative,loving, and spontaneous. She has a strong imagination. The author states “You will be the strongest queen yet” (Beddor 22).

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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…” (du Maurier 1) is the opening line of one of the best gothic romance novels, Rebecca. From beginning to end, Daphne du Maurier exhibits the gothic genre perfectly through the thrilling and suspenseful tone and atmosphere, while still telling the love story of Maxim de Winter and his second wife as the narrator of the book. The young and insecure second Mrs. de Winter is constantly compared to the late Mrs. Rebecca de Winter, who was stunning and beautiful just as her name sounds. The narrator searches for secrets of the past life at Manderley, Maxim’s large estate, when Rebecca lived there, and she will find the truth behind things she never saw possible. Rebecca is considered one of the best

Unraveling the acclaimed novel definitely showcased how in the end “Love conquers all”. Truly, Jane Eyre will forever remain as a masterpiece of art due to its dynamic characters, insightful themes and exquisitely crafted sense of style and writing. Vibrant characters such as Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester and Mr. Brocklehurst definitely contributed to the relatability of the novel to its readers. Furthermore, it’s as if these characters were able to come to life due to the fact that they continue to embody certain individuals in our society today. With this, it further established excitement and appeal to its audience.

Many of the popular novels and stories of today would not be possible if it were not for authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin, whose original name is Ursula Kroeber, which during her time period, created a high standard for authors to come. She was one of the most well known authors that wrote several novels that instantly became popular. Many of her stories that were intended for children drew in many adults as a result of her writing style. She was an amazing writer which did not come from nowhere. Her father was a distinguished anthropologist named A.L Kroeber and her mother, Theodora Kroeber, also a writer, influenced many of the novels and stories that she wrote.

Austen did a great job in introducing more than one perspective of relationships. All things considered, ideal and practical relationships were demonstrated clearly throughout the novel with great contrast and

She has a “virtuoso command of vocabulary, a gift for playing the English language like a musical instrument and a startling and delightful ability to create metaphor;” her work is characterized by “baroque profusion, the romance of the adjective, labyrinthine syntax, a festival lexicon” (“Amy Clampitt”). These quotes from Alfred Corn and Richard Tillinghast in the New York Times Book Review give a brief but certainly painted glimpse into the works of the 20th century poet Amy Clampitt (“Amy Clampitt”). While she didn’t receive significant recognition until her later years of life, Clampitt emerged as one of the most regarded poets of her era due to her alluring integration of imaginative diction, crafted syntax, and symbolic richness, all

2 .Wuthering Heights and its Place in the English Literary Canon Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights has held its place in the English literary canon, standing tall as ‘one of the best known and most studied novels in the English language’ (Newman, 9) in the hundred and fifty odd years subsequent to its publication. Despite its atypicality as an English novel (Newman, 9), particularly in that it defies generic classification of the Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights lends itself to the term “classic” as per Kermode’s definition of a “classic” being a text that continually “offer[s] itself to be read under our own particular temporal disposition”(434).