MORAL DISCOURSE AND ETHICAL AGENCY: AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES IN JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Abstract

Language plays a pivotal role in any kind of literature that too in terms of intersection of language and literature is very interesting to discuss upon.  The language and literature go hand in hand with each other. This article will elaborate on the linguistic wordplay enabled by Jane Austen in her famous novel Pride and Prejudice which initially had its name as “First Impressions”. This is a classic novel written in the age of regency. The analysis of the romance novel pride and prejudice’s pragmatic structure and how the language adds essence to her novel forms the heart of this article. The contextual meaning through the language is focused with the novel establishments. There is no instance that Austen has straightly pointed meaning in few words it’s always the roundabout way of narrating the context to the readers. The essence of language and the importance it has in a novel, language analysis and exploration in the text is focused.  The literary positioning of Pride and Prejudice is traced.