IMAGE OF WOMEN AND GENDER ISSUES IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN

Khodjayeva Dilafruz Izzatullaevna, PhD, associate professor, BukhSU, Bozorova Khurshida Botyrovna BukhSU, Master student

Abstract

This article analyzes the image of women described by the English writer Jane Austen in the novel «Pride and Prejudice» and considers gender issues. The writer’s style is analyzed through the image and character of the women who are the heroes of the work on the basis of passages taken from the novel. The writer focuses on the social life and gender issues existing at the time of the creation of the work, the role and relationship of women and men in society, family and marriage relations, as well as the different and similar views of men and women in relation to them, the analysis of freedom of thought and human relations. In the work, the issue of the status of women in society and in life, which is one of the urgent problems of its time, is highlighted. In the practical part, the analysis of the novel and the opinions of the famous scientists of the world are given. The presented ideas were analyzed and the character of the images was clarified. In the analytical part of the article, the character of the heroes and the struggle for gender equality are revealed through excerpts from the work. In addition, the views of the writer and the hero of the work on family and marriage are also analyzed. The issue of gender is peculiar in different aspects of human life, people’s feelings, behavior, interaction with the environment, acceptance and reduction of axiological orientations as male and female have become relevant in various fields of science. At the end of the article conclusions were drawn from the analysis.