Marriage of Convenience in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Persuasion

master's thesis

• Author: Ana Đulabić
• Mentor: Borislav Knežević (mentor)
• Committee member: Tatjana Jukić-Gregurić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Martina Domines Veliki (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-02-07, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

Eighteenth-century England witnessed some of the greatest changes in political, but also social realms of life. It witnessed major shifts in attitudes towards marriage, but though marriages based on personal affection, companionship and friendship were on the rise, people still married in order to secure their wealth, and in cases of many young women to secure their survival and economic stability. This thesis will discuss Jane Austen’s novels. In all Austen’s novels marriage is a predominant theme. Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Persuasion will be thoroughly examined and discussed. The thesis will focus on marriages in these three novels, but the emphasis will be put on marriages of convenience and the reason why such marriages existed in the first place. Austen herself criticized and even ridiculed such marriages in her novels, but they took place nevertheless and deserve attention.

• Keywords: Jane Austen; marriage laws; marriage of convenience
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:860168
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-03-03 15:51:33