age of reason, age of prose, imagination, rational and logic, liberty of thoughts, expression of emotions

1.  Hema Goswami
 Sem 2
 Paper no. 5: The Romantic
Literature
 Submitted to Department of
English MKBU
 Enrollment no.
2069108420180020
 Roll no. 12
 Email id-
hemagoswami474@gmail.com
 Year 2017-19

2. Sense and Sensibility
By Jane Austen
Conflict between Classicism and
Romanticism

3. Characteristics
Classicism
• Age of reason and
prose
• Rational and logic
• Dominance of
materialism
• Objective
• Standard view of
human nature
Romanticism
• Age of poetry
• Shift from intellect
to imagination
• Liberty of thoughts
• Subjective
• Expression of
emotions

4. Two main Protagonists
Elinor Dashwood
• Exemplify the neo-classical era
• Represent sense
• Logical and reasonable
• thoughtfulness
• Concealing everything
• Succeed in choosing right
partner
Marianne Dashwood
• Exemplify the romantic era
• Represent sensibility
• Too emotional
• Unthinking action
• Revealing everything
• Fails in relationship

5. Different ideology of two sisters in the film
Seeta Aur Geeta
• Passive and unclever
• Traditional
• Frightened girl
• Docile
• Cunning and shrewd
• Modern
• Street smart girl
• Determined
Seeta Geeta

6. Elinor Dashwood
• Moral centre of the novel
• Her character based on
author’s older sister Cassandra
Austen
• She knows how to govern her
feelings in better way
• Aware of the demands of
society
• More prepared to compromise
• Willingness to control the
desires of her own heart
• Married to Edward

7. Marianne Dashwood
• Embraces spontaneity
• Excessive sensibility
• Love of nature
• Romantic Idealism
• Learns to accept fate from
her elder sister
• Married to Colonel Brandon

8. Conclusion
 Novel was written during the
transitional period, it combines both
the ages, Neo-classicism and
Romanticism.
 Austen was more Influenced by neo-
classical than Romanticism
 Gives more importance to sense over
sensibility
 Both the elements are important and
we have to keep balance between
them.

9. • Works Cited
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