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Pre-University Paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 12, , language: English, abstract: I have decided to write my research paper about the image of women in the 19th century in Britain. I especially want to focus on how the novelist Jane Austen takes critic on it. Furthermore, I want to find out if she impassioned the thinking of humans and influenced her readers. I have chosen this topic because Jane Austen is a very famous novelist of her time and it is notable that she has had the nobility as women to her social status to analyse its values. Furthermore, she is still popular for her novels and even Hollywood copies Austen´s figures and ideas of romantic. I limited my theme to the novels "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Sense and Sensibilities" and "Persuasion" which is used to be one of her methodically sounded novels, and impressed me the most.At first, I want to give a summary of Jane Austen´s life and oeuvre to explain who Jane Austen was and what makes her so special. Secondly, there will be an overview of the epoch in which Jane Austen grew up and by which she was probably influenced and inspired. It also should help the reader to understand the background knowledge to know how society in the 19th century in Britain worked and which values existed.Thirdly, an attempt will be made to classify her into a literary school. Besides, examples will be given of her style of writing and her criticism on the female role in her society. Moreover, two examples of criticisms on Jane Austen work will be given. And finally, there will be a short review from the 21st century. In the last chapter, there will be a conclusion of this paper showing how Austen criticized the idea of society and its values. There will also be the answer to what makes Jane Austen so special. In addition to that there will be a review about the difficulties I had compiling my research paper and how it is possible to continue this work.
