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ThenarrativestyleofSenseandSensibility

ThenarrativestyleofAngLee’sfilm:

SenseandSensibility

Outline:

1、Introduction

2.1、Background

2.2、Plot

2.3、Critiques

2.3.1、MyCritiques

2.3.2、It'sAwards

2.3.3、People’sCritiques

3、MyAnalysis

4、Conclusion

5、Reference

Abstract:

Thisarticlemainlytalksaboutthenovelofsenseandsensibilityandthefilmwhichwasadaptedfromit.Andalsothemainpointofnarrativestyleofthem.Iintroducedthefilmandthenovel’sbackgroundandintroducedtheauthorandthetimesinthattime,andalsofoundtheprizesthefilmhadgained,andthenIanalyzedtheplotofthestoryandfinallycametothepointtoanalyzedthenarrativestyleofthenovelandthefilm.

Keywords:

senseandsensibility、AngLee、JaneAusten、narrativestyle、feminism、montage

摘要：

本文主要讲了《理智与情感》这部小说以及根据这部小说改编的由李安导演的电影，然后着重研究了小说以及电影的叙事手法，文章的开始介绍了小说的写作背景以及电影的拍摄背景，还介绍了作者以及1995年的电影所获得奖项。

最后结合网上查找的资料对小说和电影的叙事方法进行了详细的研究。

关键词：

理智与情感、李安、简.奥斯汀、叙事方法、女性主义、蒙太奇

1、Introduction

Firstly,mygrouphaveagreedtochooseamovie,thatissenseandsensibility.ThatwasinMrs.Chen’sclass,wewasaskedtochooseamovieatonce,afteroutmanytimeschangementsandwithhesitationwechosethisfilmasoutworktostudy.Afterwatchthismoviesenseandsensibility,weallthoughtitisarightchoicetochoosethisfilm.Oneisbecauseitisawonderfulfilm,itwasadaptedfromthefamousnovelsenseandsensibility.Andthen,thismovieiseasytounderstandandeasytoanalyze.Itfitsusgroupwell.Secondly,forme,Ichosetoanalyzethismoviesnarrativestyle.Aboutthisissue,IgottheideafromMrs.Chen,whenoneofourgroupmembershavefinishedherpresentationandMrs.Chendidthecriticalandsaidthisidea,sothisideabecameoneofthetopicchoicesIcanchoose.Beforemyturntodidmytopicpresentation,Ihadthoughtmanytopics,becausemyEnglishwaspoor,Icouldnotbefitforotherissueslikefeminismandironismandsomethingelse,Idon’tthinkitisagoodideatochoosethembecauseforme,thesetopicsaretodeeptostudy,andforthesetopic,it’sawasteofresourcesbecauseIwouldnotusethemwellandIwouldjustwastethemsoIletthemgo.So,Ifinallychosethenarrativestyleofthefilmasmytopic.ThefilmIamfocusonitsnarrativestyleofmontagenarrativeandthefeminismnarrative.

2.1、Background

Also,firstly,let’stalkaboutthebackgroundofthenovelsenseandsensibility.Thefirst,theauthorJaneAusten（1775-1817）,shewasagreatauthoressinthehistoryliterature,shelovedreadingandwriting,nevermarriedandhavewrittenseveralgreatworkslikeSenseandSensibility、PrideandPrejudice、MansfieldPark、Emma、North-angerAbbeyandAdvicethesixworks,becauseherlifecirclewassmall,itdirectlyeffectedhercreation.Inhersixnovels,herbackgroundmainlyfocusedonmanorsandcountrysides.Thecharactersinhernovelswerealmostcaughtinrelativerelationships.Hertopicsweremainlymarriageandlove.

Austenlivedinthe18thand19thcenturyinEngland,inthattimes,Englandwascalledtheeraofrationality,themaincharacterofthiserawas“people’sunderstandingarerational.”Arationalmanmeansthatheshoulddothingswithsenseinsteadofsensibility.InthattimestheUKgotthroughtheindustrialresolution,thecapitalistclasswasinahigherplace,sohowmuchmoneyyouhavedirectlydecidesyouplaceinthesociety,buttherighttoinheritthepropertywasbelongtothesonsinsteadofdaughters,womenhadnoplaceinthesocietyandhadnoincomes.Beforetheymarrysomebody,theydependontheirfathers,andaftertheyaremarried,theydependontheirhusbands.So,forthosewomeninthepatriarchysociety,theirmarriagewerethefirstimportantthingoftheirlifeormaybetheirhappylifenomatterintermsoffeelings、societyoreconomy.JaneAustenusedherwoman’sattunedandexquisiteobservationandopen-mindedoptimismwritingstyletobitterlysatirizethesociety’svaluewhichtakesthemaleasthecenterofthesocietyandtochargewomen’sdisgrace.Hernovelstendtopraisestrongfeelingsandshethoughtagoodhumanshouldhavestrongandhard-controlledfeelings,thatkindofcharacterappearedinthisnovelasMarian.InthetimesAustenlived,therewerefilledwithlowandboring“movednovels”and“Tenovels”inthesocietyofEngland,inthesenovels,womenwerealmostvirginsandtheirromancewerefilledwithsadness.ButAusten’snovelsturnedthelowwritingstyle,hernovelshadtherighttoformaconnectinglinkbetweentheprecedingandthefollowinginthedevelopmentofnovelsintheUK.Aboutthemovie’sbackground,senseandsensibilitywasAngLee’sfirstdirectedEnglishmovie,atthebeginningofhisdirection,peoplejustthoughthecouldn’tbefitforit,butwiththehelpoftheOrientaltraditionalideas,AngLeeunderstoodthespiritofJaneAusten’snovelsverywell.HeusedlightlanguagetointerpretthemarrowoftheBritishpastoralcultural.SenseandsensibilitywasthesamemoviestylejustasthosemovieAngLeehavedirected,itemphasizedtherealfeelingsbetweenhumans.

2.2、Plot

Thestoryconcernstwosisters,ElinorandMarianDashwood（Elinorrepresenting"sense"andMarianne"sensibility"）.AlongwiththeirmotherandyoungersisterMargaret,theyareleftimpoverishedafterthedeathoftheirfather,andthefamilyisforcedtomovetoacountrycottage,offeredtothembyagenerousrelative.（docin）

　　ElinorformsanattachmenttothegentleandcourteousEdwardFerrars,unawarethatheisalreadysecretlyengaged.Aftertheirmove,MariannemeetsWilloughby,adashingyoungmanwholeadsherintoundisciplinedbehavior,sothatsheignorestheattentionsofthefaithful（butolder）ColonelBrandon.AboutMarian,WilloughbyfinallybetraysherbecausehewantstogainmoneysohechoosesarichwomanandleavesMarian,duringMarianwassad,ColonelBrandoncompaniesherallthetime,sothismovemovesMarianandMarianandhimfinallymarryeachotherwithahappyending.AboutElinor,awoman’scomingintothepicturesbreaksElinorandEdward,butfinally,Edwardstillchooseshistruelover,thatisElinor,andtheirlovestoryalsohasahappyending.Thecontrastbetweenthesisters'charactersiseventuallyresolvedasbothfindloveandlastinghappiness.Bothsenseandsensibilityfindtheirtrueloversandthenovelhasahappyending.

2.3、Critiques

2.3.1、MyCritiques

Aboutthenovel,asfarasIamconcerned,thisnovelwasagreatnovelitself,andsoIjustcriticitinbrief.Abouttheauthor,shewasaverygreatwriter,IoncereadoneofhergreatworkPrideandPrejudice,togetherwithsenseandsensibilitymovedmeverymuch,theyfitmewell,becauseofthesetwoworks,IbegantogetinterestedintheEnglishculture.Inthisnovel,senseandsensibility,theauthorusedtwodifferentsisters,oneissense,andtheotherissensibility,theirattitudestowardloveistotallydifferent,thesensesisterisquiettoherlove,whenherloveleavesher,shejustkeepssilenceandshechoosestobesadaloneandnotdecidestotalkthosethingstoanybodyelse.Aboutthesensibilitysister,whenshefirstlymeetsthehandsomemanWilloughby,sheneverhidesherfeelingsandpursuesherloveactively,althoughshefinallydoesnotmarrythatguy,shebecauseofhernot-hiddencharactersgetColonelBrandon’sheartandtheyfinallymarryeachother.Althoughthetwosisters’charactertotallydifferent,theybothgettheirtruelovesbecauseoftheiruniquecharacters.Firstly,thenovelspreadsanewkindofthoughtthatwomenandmenshouldbetreatedequally,ofcurseincludingintheirlovechoices.Shebegananeweraandshereleasedpeople’straditionalthoughts.Aboutthismoviewhichwasadaptedfromthisnovel,itwasalsoagreatmoviejustlikeIhavementionedabove,AngLeeusedhistalentandtheOrientaltraditionalideastodirectedaverygreatclassicsmovie,inthismovie,themaincharacterswerechosenperfectly,especiallyElinor,herexpressionisperfecttoexpressherfeelings,alsotheactoroftheroleofColonelBrandonisafamousprofessor,whichwastheicingonthecake.ThefilmdirectedbyAngLeein1995wasbetteroreventhebestfilmthananyfilmselseadaptedfromthismovieasfarasIamconcerned,suchasthefilmdirectedin2008directedbyAlexandria,itwaslowerthanthemoviedirectedbyAngLee,itwaslesssomelingeringcharmsIthink.

2.3.2、It'sAwards

ThemoviedirectedbyAngLeewasoncegainedaverygreatprizecalledGoldenBearAward（lifetimeachievement）attheBerlinFilmFestivalofthe46th,andTheGoldenBear（German:

GoldenerBär）isthehighestprizeawardedforthebestfilmattheBerlinInternationalFilmFestival.ThebearistheheraldicanimalofBerlin,featuredonboththecoatofarmsandflagofBerlin.Andotherprizesaretheseasfollows:

OscarAwardforbestadaptedscreenplay;GoldenGlobeAwardforbestfilm,bestscreenplay;Thebestfilm,bestactress,bestsupportingactressintheUK;LondonFilmCritics;Association,theBritishBestScreenplay;Bestfilm,bestdirector,bestactress,bestfilm;NationalFilmCriticsAssociation;NewYork;FilmCriticsAssociationBestDirector,bestscreenwriter;Thebestfilm,bestscreenplayfortheNationalRadioFilmCriticsAssociation;LosangelesFilmCriticsAssociation;Bestscreenwriter;

Bestfilm,bestdirector,bestscreenplay;TheBostonFilmCriticsAssociation;Thebestsupportingactressinthemovie;GermanFilmAwardforbestforeignlanguagefilm;Germanartcinemaisthebestforeignlanguagefilm;LondonEveningStandardBritishFilmAwardforbestactress,bestscreenplay;USCplaywrightawardauthorandscreenwriter;Bestadaptedscreenplayf