Composers create their texts to explore fundamental societal issues. Each text incorporates the influence of discourse, consequently portraying divergent responses to contextual issues. Jane Austen and Fay Weldon examine similar ideas in their respective texts Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen. Austen’s 18thy Century text explores the paramount impact of marriage upon her society through Mr. Darcy. Similarly, Weldon instils information pertaining to the same practice to dissuade her fictitious niece from negative opinions. Additionally, each author looks at the value of literature in their time and its influence on general culture. However, the disparity between interpretations of these themes indicates the
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Educational material is utilised as a building block for social situations. Therefore, an individual’s public success is dependent on their literacy. Austen reprimands her society for the devalumnet of prose by satising its need in Pride and prejudice. The exclamation, “there is no enjoyment like reading!”, was uttered insincerely, yet inadvertently displays the importance of education to the point of pretence. However, simple enjoyment of literature is overshadowed by the cultural expectation that “women must have through knowledge". Furthermore, the hyperbolic expectation that individuals gain cognisance “by extensive reading” elucidates the paramount importance that reading bore in that society. Additionally, the positively connoted lexicon “sensible and clever” contrasts the sibilant “silly sisters” highlighting the disparity between literate and illiterate individuals. Therefore, Austen highlights the expectation of requiring intellect to be socially successful. Thus, the restriction of literary material results in individuals who are informed, but only to the extent in wish society wished. Therefore, such a civilisation creates individuals who are disadvantaged as they cannot understand the nuances of public interactions. Thus, society if berated for controlling the literary perceptions of
Educational material is utilised as a building block for social situations. Therefore, an individual’s public success is dependent on their literacy. Austen reprimands her society for the devalumnet of prose by satising its need in Pride and prejudice. The exclamation, “there is no enjoyment like reading!”, was uttered insincerely, yet inadvertently displays the importance of education to the point of pretence. However, simple enjoyment of literature is overshadowed by the cultural expectation that “women must have through knowledge". Furthermore, the hyperbolic expectation that individuals gain cognisance “by extensive reading” elucidates the paramount importance that reading bore in that society. Additionally, the positively connoted lexicon “sensible and clever” contrasts the sibilant “silly sisters” highlighting the disparity between literate and illiterate individuals. Therefore, Austen highlights the expectation of requiring intellect to be socially successful. Thus, the restriction of literary material results in individuals who are informed, but only to the extent in wish society wished. Therefore, such a civilisation creates individuals who are disadvantaged as they cannot understand the nuances of public interactions. Thus, society if berated for controlling the literary perceptions of