Jane Austen Contribution To Literature

Jane Austen 's family influence on her literature Jane is one of the most popular novelist in the English language who wrote several beloved novels such as: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. Though women in her time were not allowed to publish their literary works and have limited opportunities in their education life, Jane Austen 's family was very encouraging of her desire to publish her works. Jane was born in a family consisting of six brothers and one sister. Each of her family members contributes her works in some way. For example: her brother Henry Thomas Austen; who is her favorite brother , her "Perpetual Sunshine" and her literary advisor, was the sibling most influential in allowing

She is not an anti-romantic or destructive, but she insists rational, accurate enthusiasm. For example, in Emma Emma 's attitude toward Harriet Smith and Mr. Martin 's relationship was rejecting, Emma is convinced that Mr. Martin is not the suitable partner for her friend and she deserves a gentleman, even if Mr. Martin loves Harriet. Moreover, on of Jane 's contribution to the history of the novel is the development of narrative technique into a fully flexible tool for conveying a whole event. In her novel Emma, although the novel is written in third person point of view, the reader is restricted to Emma 's attitude and according to that the reader empathized with Emma when she behaves badly or embarrass herself. Another important contribution is her ironic world view. This view lies in the recognition of the fact that man is confronted with the choice of two things that are mutually exclusive. The two are equally attractive, but ironically incompatible. In addition, her grant to the development of woman perception, and awareness of the women 's predicament in a male- dominated society. She represents feminization of English novels, she draws as they appear to a woman not to a man, for example Mr. Frank Churchill and Mr. Knightly as seen in the eyes of Emma and Jane

She has played a significant role in the development of the novel, even her works is still alive until our time. Many writers and critics criticize her works either positively or negatively. Some of them were surprised by her art and her magnificent style, while the others do not admire her way in describing the events and her characters. One of the writers who dislike her works and criticize her harshly is Charlotte Brontë. Charlotte Bronte hated Austen’s books, vocally and repeatedly and resents the lacks of sentiments in Austen 's works. She criticized Jane 's novel Pride and Prejudice in her letter to George Lewes who told her to write as Jane, she didn’t like the way Jane 's describes the elegant clothes and the beautiful houses in her novel. She says in her