CALL
Vol 4, No 2 (2022): CALL

WEALTH AND POWER IN THE NOVEL PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN

Rima Sarah (English Literature, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Feb 2023

Abstract

The problem of social class becomes a unique object which would be discovered in the novel Pride and Prejudice. The study aimed to determine the influence of social class on British society and represent the reflection of social class in British society in the novel. A method used in this research was qualitative descriptive. Data that were collected were in the form of narration and dialogue in the novel Pride and Prejudice. Furthermore, this study used the Marxist concept (1995:25) to analyse the data. The findings of this research were the discovery of the impact of social class on British society in the novel Pride and Prejudice, namely Pride and Prejudice as the title in the novel and the invention of the forms of social class which can be found in the novel Pride and Prejudice, such as status, wealth, and power. Keywords: Marxist Theory, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, social class

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jcall

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

CALL is a journal that presents Critical Analysis on Language and literature. This journal focuses on the analysis of text scrutinized by theories from linguistics, literary analysis, discourse analysis, to critical theories. This journal accepted the analysis of text of any language, especially, ...