Scholarly analyses of Jane Austen’s novels often highlight the depth and interiority with which she ------- her female protagonists. Unlike many of her predecessors and contemporaries, Austen uses techniques such as free indirect speech and irony in order to render the women in her novels as thoughtful, well-rounded characters.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?portrayseliminatecommitseliminateillustrateseliminatesignifies

Jane Austen is often praised for her ------- use of interiority. Many scholars of literature cite her as one of the first English writers to use the craft technique of free indirect discourse, wherein a third-person narrator assumes the qualities and characteristics of a first-person perspective, especially with regard to characters' thoughts. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?pioneeringeliminateconsiderateeliminateunderstatedeliminateperplexing

The passage below is accompanied by a set of questions. Choose the best answer to each question.It has been customary in the past to approach Jane Austen, not only as a great novelist, but also as a representative of what critics have called the "feminist tradition" in the English novel. At first glance this seems appropriate enough. After all it has always been one of those "universally acknowledged" truths that Jane Austen's narratives center on love and marriage. But more recent developments in Jane Austen criticism seem to assume that feminism in the novel should be examined as a coherent body of opinions held by the novelist on the identity and social functions of women. And insofar as this approach is based on the novelist's analysis of female identity, it seems to respond to contemporary pressures, generated by the liberation movement, for thoughtful evaluation of female images in society and in literature. But even if we assume that the liberation movement has had this indirect influence, it does not follow that these recent approaches to "feminism" coincide with the liberationist philosophy itself, or that they even depart from those conventional notions of "womanhood" which are anathema to the women's liberation movement.Sylvia Myers' study of "womanhood" in Jane Austen's novels is illustrative. The starting point of her paper is an objection to Ian Watts's view that in Jane Austen "feminine and adolescent values are painfully educated in the norms of the mature, rational and educated male world." But although Myers rejects Watts's thesis as a "bald dichotomy" that is unfair to women, her own subsequent analysis of "womanhood" in Jane Austen's novels is based on what she describes as a "post-Freudian" schema: "in terms of somatic existence, each sex exists within its own bodily plan, woman is endowed with and aware of her inner structure and capacity to produce and nurture a child," and, according to this somatic scheme of womanhood, the maturation of an Emma Woodhouse, the titular protagonist in Austen’s 1815 novel Emma, is defined by Emma's discovery of her own need "for love, for physical fulfillment, for children." Curiously enough, Myers has attempted to rebut the pejorative implications of Ian Watts's "bald dichotomy" by appealing to those biologically based concepts of womanhood which have now come into disrepute as limiting and patronizing definitions of female identity. For it is important to note that Myers is not merely attributing a certain (somatic) concept of womanhood to Jane Austen, but has actually postulated this "post-Freudian" thesis as the definitive standard by which feminism in Jane Austen should be judged. Similarly, a psychoanalytical study by Helen Corsa sums up the significance of Emma’s human growth by appealing to the conventional image of the woman as a being with "instinctual" needs for marriage and motherhood: "Her [Emma's] womanly instinctual needs, her desire for love, for marriage, for motherhood are all obvious in her role as matchmaker; her insistent playing out that role, leads her out of the game into reality." These earlier studies are relevant because they illustrate very well some of the problems which now arise whenever we attempt to describe "feminism" or "womanhood" in Jane Austen's writing or that of any other writer.Question 3According to the author, both Ian Watts and Myers in their analyses of Jane Austen’s work:Align their views with the contemporary women's liberation movement.Focus primarily on the political and social influences on Austen’s writing.Agree on a unified feminist perspective on Austen's portrayal of women.Offer interpretations that are oversimplifications of Austen’s characters.

Because of the widespread belief in the early nineteenth century that it was improper for women to engage in literary careers, Jane Austen published her novels anonymously and did not reveal the secret of her authorship. Only her family members knew what she had written; this remained the case even as her novels gained popularity. The secret was rigorously kept: friends who came to visit and discuss her latest novels did not know they were speaking about them with the women who had written them.10Mark for ReviewABCWhich choice best states the main idea of the text?ADespite their great success, the novels written by Jane Austen were not attributed to her due to a personal choice based on societal expectations.BPublishing anonymous novels like those written by Austen is the most efficient method to avoid judgments based on gender.CAlthough publishing works anonymously and maintaining secrecy such as Austen did can prevent societal criticism, it is unethical.DAs an author, Austen was routinely encouraged by her friends and family members to take public credit for her works

The following text is from Jane Austen’s 1817 novel Persuasion. Sir Walter Elliot is an English gentleman and the father of three daughters.Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To emphasize Sir Walter Elliot’s generosity of spirit.eliminateTo characterize Sir Walter Elliot as particularly narcissistic.eliminateTo ridicule the English nobility.eliminateTo praise Sir Walter Elliot for his good looks.eliminateScratch Board

Despite the literary world being largely dominated by male authors when Mary Shelley began writing, she did not see the industry as ______: Shelley paved the way for female authors with the publication of her novel Frankenstein in 1818, a cornerstone of Gothic literature and early science fiction.4Mark for ReviewABCWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?AfraudulentUndoBimperviousBCcaptivatingUndoDinscrutable