Name : Makwana Ankita m.
Presentation Topic: Sense and Sensibility as a realistic novel?
Paper No :5.
Roll No :2.
Year :2013-14.
Semester: 2.
Guidance: Dilip Barad and  Heenaba Zala

v      Key Facts.

Ø Author: Jane Austen

Ø Country: United Kingdom

Ø Language: English

Ø Genre: Romance

Ø Publication date: 1811

Ø Title: Sense and Sensibility.

Ø Characters : main characters like …Elinor, Marianne, Edward, John Willoughby

Ø Themes: Love and marriage, Women and Femininity, Society and Class, Dreams, Hopes…

v Introduction.

Ø Sense and Sensibility written by Jane Austen and was her first publication work. It is work of romantic fiction and also known as a comedy of manners. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous.

Ø Title of this novel is long but meaningful title first she was gave it the title ‘ Elinor and Marianne ’.she later changed the title to Sense and Sensibility.

Ø There are many characters in the novel but a main character is Elinor and Marianne.

Ø The story of four women and also twist and turn of their life . Elinor Sense and Marianne sensibility. ‘Sense’ is a literary part of the world ‘Sensibility a capacity for human sympathy and ‘Sense impressions’.

Ø This novel can be  divided into 3 volumes.

Ø 1-volume this novel begins with the death of Mr.Henry Dashwood and this leaves his wife and their three daughter Elinor , Marianne and Margaret with very little money.Here shows the issue is death. On his deathbed Mr.Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sister Then they go and accept and move away leaving the girl’s attachment.

Ø In volume second Elinor and Marianne travel to London with Mr.Jennigs Mrs. Middleton’s mother. In the novel also present different party.

Ø In volume third details the girls trip to visit from London.

Ø The dichotomy between ‘sense’ and ‘Sensibility has cultural and historical resonances as well. Austen wrote this novel around the turn of the eighteenth century, on the cusp between two cultural movements: Classicism and Romanticism. Elinor represents the characteristics associated with eighteenth century Neo-Clasicism, including rationality, judgment, moderation and balance. She never loses sight of propriety and also economic practicalities.

Ø Elinor, though representing Sense, does not lack passion, and Marianne, though representing sensibility is not always of foolish and headstrong.

vStyles.

1.irony

2.Realism / Realistic

3.free indirect speech.

Ø Sense and sensibility as a realistic novel many scholars view this connection between the reader and character as a mark of realism. However, as Austen scholar William Galperian has argued, could not have participated in nineteenth century realism the realism with which she later become associated because it had not yet been fully defined. He also argues Austen’s novel were part of the beginning phase of realism.

Ø On the other side John Wiltshire argues that Austen’s works many also be distinguished from the realistic tradition in their treatment of illness and health. Health is an important part of the characterization of many of Austen’s principal characters.

Ø Apart from exposing the artificiality of some realistic conventions Marianne articulates a change in the narrative mode which replaces the monological perspective of the omniscient of the multiple narration of an epistolary novel.

Ø This change open the way for the exploration of the characters of sense and sensibility.

vThe Battle of Realism Elinor and Marianne.

Ø Elinor sense and realism on the other side Marianne sensibility and she always resignation and acceptance.

Ø As demonstrated by her sister and her mother Elinor is much more disposed to look at a situation rationally. She thinks about every decision she is going to make before she acts upon it, and she also hides her emotions from her family. Marianne symbolizes romance , imagination, and idealism.Elinor is not only symbolizes sense, but also classicism and she also representing rationally.she is always very tense and focused on duty and propriety. She remains busy with her family she also learn about her love her life is very much normal. She is not studying anything.

Ø While Marianne cries freely throughout the movie and novel we see Elinor cry only a handful of instances. When Marianne plays, “My Father ‘s Favorite”, when she believes Marianne is about to die, when she find out Edward is Unmarried. Elinor reduces that she must stay calm and also collected for her mother and sister, who are all much more emotional.

Ø Realism not only involves rationality and pragmatism but it also emphasizes objectivity and the avoidance of subjectivity.

Ø When Marianne asks Elinor how she feels about Edward she merely responds: and she says that …

“ I can not attempt to deny that… I think very highly of

him… that I… Greatly steem him……

Ø Marianne is almost opposite of Elinor is every way Marianne is always different because Marianne sensibility and Elinor sense. Where Elinor listens to her head and Marianne listens to her heart. Marianne is often spontaneous, discloses her emotions to everyone and she also studies a situation subjectively. In the novel Marianne is always seen laughing and crying.

Ø When she find out Willougbhy is leaving for London, when he write’s to tell her that he is engaged to Miss Grey when she finds out that Edward is engaged to lucy.

Ø Marianne subjective attitudes often get her into trouble in that she is so carefree with Willoughby and so sort with Brandon that everyone is sure of her regards.

Ø While Mariane’s behavior is seen by many as childish and rash because Marianne choses to reveal all of her emotion so that she can share her pain with her mother and sister so she is childish and rash.

Ø Edward shows Elinor and her family kindness and generosity and Elinor soon falls for him.but when Lucy shows up and tells Elinor in confidance about her engagement to Edward. Here realistic look on life clouds her romantic judgment. She falls for Edward, but instead of revealing her feeling for him, she also studies the situation.

Ø Edward already known Elinor has no money he is expected to marry well and she feels that she has no chance. In fact, when Edward comes to visit the Dashwood women Elinor is not only upset about his engagement to Lucy but fears revealing her feeling for him and Edward is led to believe that Elinor is actually in love with Brandon she so open and direct with him. Elinor express and also share her feeling, so Edward misconstrues them.

Ø Elionr is technically the main character of sense and sensibility. Elinor exposes her true feelings and Marianne is able to learn to control her emotion. She selects Brandon to love him as much as Willoughby.

Ø Both girls learn that a combination of romanticism and realism.

vAmerican Sense and Sensibility Let’s be Realist.

Ø American realism spans 1865 -1910.during this  time period, realist writers synchronize in views, objecting to sentimentality and protesting for more texts exemplifying

Ø American realistic novels such as….

1. House Behind the Cedars

2.The Rise if Silas Lapham

3. Ethan From.

Ø These all are represented in sentimental fiction.

Ø In her own style, she is superb.This novel is also compare with real life because every mother wants to be her daughter marries good person.