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This article examines aspects of irony in Pride and Prejudice, especially analyzing Elizabeth’s judgment on various characters and their dialogue. In fact, Pride and Prejudice is the novel in which irony plays the most important role among Austen’s six novels. And Austen uses irony not as a skill but a means of revealing her serious and intense moral interest. In the first chapter, Austen shows the materialistic basis of society and the marriage market theme. So, we can know that marriage is the main theme of this novel. Elizabeth, as a student of character, gives an exact judgment on the simple characters, such as Mrs. Bennet, Lydia and Collins. But she often gives a misjudgment on the intricate characters. In case of Charlotte, Wickham, and Darcy, she doesn’t understand economical hardship and social environment. And, in the process of Darcy and Elizabeth’s meeting, their pride and prejudice cause a lot of trouble and conflicts all the time. The irony of this novel, however, comes to light when we realize the reversal of their pride and prejudice. Like this, Austen enlightens us upon man’s lack of discretion, inconstancy, ignorance and stupidity through irony. She recognizes the contradictory double faces of human beings and society deeply, and shows the irony of life through the common subject matter of the relation between the sexes

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• 강평순 [ Kang, Pyung Soon | 세명대학교 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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  계간

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  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

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  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810