It is important that you have an understanding of Austen's style of writing and that you are able to identify language techniques she has used. What have you noticed about Austen's style? What techniques have you come across? Provide examples in your response.
This blog would be a great way to create a list of techniques as well as examples of these techniques being used in the novel. A list of techniques and examples would be a handy resource for upcoming SACs and the exam.
Jane's intricate detail outlines human behavior precisely and accurately. Her humor is enjoyable as some of her characters make big pompous displays and occasionally make fools of themselves. She portrays life as it truly is and that is even accurate in modern ways today. The writing style is elegant and satirical.As well, Jane's work marked the transition in English literature from neo-classicism to romanticism.
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ReplyDeleteJane Austen wrote about her world and the things that she knew best. Her intricate detail outlines human behavior precisely and accurately. Her humor is enjoyable as some of her characters make big pompous displays and occasionally make fools of themselves. She portrays life as it truly is and that is even accurate in modern ways today.
Conversational in the moderately educated gentlemwoman parlor rooms of the day.
Conversational style just means writing in a clear, concise way anyone can understand, being genuine, while giving the reader a reason to care about what you have to say.
Her chief strengths were she organized the plot and characters from observations of those about her, dealing with basic problems of morality, social and financial security, life-style and growth to maturity in a natural manner that has interested readers through all the generations since.
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ReplyDeleteFeatures of Jane Austen's writing include words that are spelt slightly differently compared to how they are spelt today. Here is a compilation of differently spelt Jane Austen vocabulary:
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-deference
-surprized
-stopt
-extasies
-chuse
-connexion
-sopha
-teazed
While reading Emma, I have come across many language techniques specific to Jane Austen. The technique that stands out most to me are her use of long-winded sentences, which sometimes makes it difficult to remember what the character was saying to begin with. Long-winded sentences are often used by Miss Bates and Mrs. Elton, and their extended speeches gives the novel humorous tones.
ReplyDeleteAusten loves to use multiple adjectives, quite often hypenated, e.g. "very good specimens of well-educated, well-bred men"
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ReplyDeleteJane Austen chuses to use various types of punctuation to elongate her sentences so that each one takes a very large breath to read fluently.
ReplyDeleteJane Austen's writing generally features vast amounts of irony and subtle humour which is effective in making her novels enjoyable to read. An observant reader often finds themselves smiling to themselves at various points in the novel. For example, Miss Bate's constant babbling and continuing on about nothing is a source of amusement for the reader, and Mr Knightley's romance with Emma is ironic as he was "one of the few people who could see faults in Emma".
Jane Austen has many defining language techniques in her writing. Her extensive use of adjectives and long winded sentences are typical of her writing style, along with her use of irony about characters in order to create humour.
ReplyDeleteAusten acts as an omniscient third person narrator in her writing, showing the point of view of Emma but also at times judging her behaviour and actions.
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ReplyDeleteJane Austen uses a unique language. Her style typically contains long winded sentences, generally containing long winded sentences serperated by semi-colons. She also has a largue vocabulary 'chusing' to use lots of adjectives, especially in groups of 3.
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ReplyDeleteJane Austin uses a range of techniques to convey her humour, irony and satire. She seems to follow a structure of beginning the chapter with Jane Austin playing the omnicient narrator, appearing to be in the point of view Emma but at being at times critical of her as well. When Emma discusses the character Mr. Elton, "he was reckoned very handsome; his person much admired in general, though not by her" this a typical of Austin's irony to exaggerate the positives of a character then followed quickly by a negative at the end of the sentence to deflate their importance.
The technique that i notice most in Austen's writing is her use of double barreled adjectives, usually presented in threes. "She seems a very obliging, pretty-behaved young lady"
ReplyDeleteThis is a trademark Jane Austen Technique that we see throughout the novel, it is used from the first sentence of the novel, "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich."
This technique has a signature way of being used, in that before the last adjective there is always a comma before the ‘and’ which adds emphasis to the reading of the three adjectives.
Again, the technique is utilised throughout the text, with both the first sentence and the last paragraph containing an example of it "the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions."
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