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A 5 page essay that contrasts the writing styles of Jane Austen and Ivan Turgenev, using brief passages from their respective works Pride and Prejudice and Fathers and Sons. The writer argues that an examination of these passages illustrates the differences between the two writing styles, specifically that Austen "shows" the action while Turgenev tends to "tell" the reader how to regard a scene. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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focalization," Turgenev "tells" the reader what "to think via his preference for direct narrative." An examination of passages from Austens Pride and Prejudice and Turgenevs Fathers and Sons illustrates
the validity of this statement, which delineates the difference between these classic authors writing styles. In these passages, both authors are essentially performing the same task, which is to have
their female protagonists reevaluate their potential suitors. However, the manner in which each author handles this task is indicative of differences in their overall stylistic approach to writing. Listening to
Mrs. Gardiners remarks, Austens Elizabeth Bennet feels that the people discussing the character of Mr. Darcy have "entirely mistaken his character" but says nothing (Austen 227). This observation is followed
by an extended diatribe by Mrs. Gardiner concerning Mr. Darcy. "I really should not have thought that he could have behaved in so cruel a way by any body, as
he has done by poor Wickham" says Mrs. Gardiner (Austen 227). Wickham is a man with whom Elizabeths sister is enthralled. As Mrs. Gardiners dialogues suggests, it appears
that Mr. Darcy has behaved badly by defaming Wickham. But, like Elizabeth, Mrs. Gardiner finds this information hard to believe as Darcy "has not an ill-natured look," but, on the
contrary, "there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks" (Austen 227). Austen does not say that Mrs. Gardiner is a middle-aged busybody with an ear for gossip, rather
she shows the reader these characteristics through her careful employment of dialogue to display Mrs. Gardiners essential qualities. This assessment of Mrs. Gardiners is immediately confirmed on the next
page. Elizabeth feels compelled to come Darcys defense. She argues that Wickham is not as admirable a they might think and, likewise, that Darcy is not as faulty as he
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