The Social Condition of England’s Women in 18th Century Reflected in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Muthmainnah Bahri A. Bohang; Sulmi Magfirah; Dwi Adi Nugroho

doi:10.34050/els-jish.v8i1.43533

Authors

Muthmainnah Bahri A. Bohang Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka
Sulmi Magfirah Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka
Dwi Adi Nugroho Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34050/els-jish.v8i1.43533

Keywords:

Social Condition, Women, Sociology, Genetic Structuralism

Abstract

This paper aims to: (1) know what the intrinsic aspects of Pride and Prejudice, (2) describe how the social condition of England’s women is in 18th century reflected in “Pride and Prejudice” and (3) analyze what the economical influence towards England’s women in “Pride and Prejudice”. This study employs a qualitative research method with a literary analysis approach. The analysis of this thesis uses genetic structuralism. It is conducted by analyzing the intrinsic elements which consists of plot, characters, setting, and theme. Besides, the writer also analyzes the extrinsic elements by observing from the sociology, history and other aspects outside the literary work. The genetic structuralism analysis used to find the intrinsic elements in this novel, the social condition of England’s women in 18th century reflected in “Pride and Prejudice” and also the economical influence towards England’s women in “Pride and Prejudice”. This analysis shows that in the 18th century, England’s women get inequality gender in the society. Education, politic, and occupation are not allowed to them. Economical matter pushed them to marry with a rich and high-status men to lead a secure life.

References

Abbas, A., Pattu, M. A., Rahman, F., & Pammu, A. (2022, December). Gender Relations in O’Pioneers! Novel by Willa Cather. In Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022) (pp. 3-9). Atlantis Press.

Abbas, A., Rahman, F., Pattu, M. A., Abbas, A., & Gising, B. (2024). American Dreams on the Frontiers Community in Cather's My Antonia. ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 7(2), 348-355.

Austen, J. (1992). Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Classics. (Original work published 1813)

Bohls, E. (2020). "Women’s Economic Survival in Austen's Novels." Journal of English Literature Studies.

Bolton, C. (2021). "Economic Constraints and Women’s Autonomy in Regency-Era Novels." Studies in 19th Century Literature.

Bolton, S. (2021). Gender, Class, and the Marriage Market in the Works of Jane Austen. Oxford University Press.

Butler, M. (1990). Jane Austen and the Forms of Feminism. Macmillan Press.

Damrosch, D. (2019). The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Ideology. Cambridge University Press.

Eagleton, T. (2022). Literary Theory: An Introduction (4th ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

Fergus, C. (2019). Gendered Tensions in Jane Austen's Novels: A Critical Study. Routledge.

Harman, C. (2021). The Feminist Readings of Austen: A Critical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.

Irmayani, I., Rahman, F., Amir, M. P., & Abbas, H. (2024, May). Woman Struggle in “Woman at Point Zero” Novel By Nawal El Saadawi: Radical and Liberal Feminism Perspective. In 4th International Conference on Linguistics and Culture (ICLC-4 2023) (pp. 229-235). Atlantis Press.

Johnson, C. (1988). The Status of Women in the Victorian Era. Oxford University Press.

Jones, P. (2023). "Legal and Economic Restrictions on Women in Regency-Era England." Historical Perspectives on Gender and Law.

Jones, S. (2023). "Economic Survival and Marriage in Regency-Era England: A Study of Austen's Heroines." The British Journal of English Literature, 45(2), 34-49.

Junaid, S., Nahdhiyah, N., Dahlan, D., Andini, C., & Dzulhijjah, A. M. (2024). The Portrayal of African Woman’s Struggle Reflected in the Novel “How Beautiful We Were” By Imbolo Mbue (2021). ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 7(2), 275-284.

Nardin, L. (1987). "Marriage and Social Status in Regency England." The Journal of Early British Literature, 16.

Parker, S. (2020). "Narrative Structure and Development in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice." Literary Analysis Journal, 12(3), 87-102.

Rahman, F. (2024, May). Cyber Literature and ChatGPT in the Global of IoT Connectivity. In 4th International Conference on Linguistics and Culture (ICLC-4 2023) (pp. 344-348). Atlantis Press.

Spencer, A. (2022). "Class, Gender, and Power: Revisiting Austen's Social Critique in Contemporary Contexts." Feminist Studies in Literature, 28(1), 58-74.

Tyson, L. (2023). Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide (4th ed.). Routledge.

Weda, S., Rahman, F., & Sakti, A. E. F. (2022). The Use Of Literature In The Language Classroom At A Higher Education Institution In Indonesia. Asian Journal of Advances in Research, 14(2), 40-44.