TY - JOUR AU - Dromnes, Tanja AU - Kleppe, Sandra Lee AU - Mikalsen, Kenneth AU - Solhaug, Sigrid PY - 2009/03/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Distribution and Frequency of the Terms "Pride" and "Prejudice" in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice JF - Nordlit JA - Nordlit VL - 0 IS - 24 SE - Articles DO - 10.7557/13.1484 UR - https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1484 SP - 151-171 AB - In this article we examine the title terms of Jane Austen's <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> (1813) with particular attention to their distribution and frequency in the text. Our method is to connect the statistical material gathered on frequency and distribution to a narratological analysis of the terms, with special emphasis on whether they occur within the focalization of the external narrator, or that of character-focalizers. In order to approach this task, we have availed ourselves of the narratological theories of Mieke Bal. We conclude that there is a differentiation among types of focalization in the novel that enhances the thematic structure of match-making. Although Jane Austen wrote and published her major works two centuries ago, they continue to fascinate literary scholars and general readers alike. ER -