Describe the narrative technique employed by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice.

In this novel Jane Austen adopted the direct or epic
method of narration in which she employs the third person narration.As the events of the
novel are concentrated around the actions of Elizabeth,it can be said that she is being
used as a focalizer.Austen's technique of using focalization allows the readers to build
up a relationship with Elizabeth so that we can better relate to and sympathise with her
feelings.

Influence of drama is clear in the present
novel.One critic have tried to demonstrate how the actions of the novel can be divided
in five acts of drama.She uses dialogues to make her characters speak for themselves
while she overhears them and narrates everything to her readers in a manner of a
drammatist.It has been said ofPride and Prejudicethat many pages of the novel can be
read as sheer poetry of wit and irony.

The plot of
Pride and Prejudice is a neatly constructed one.Then the plot is
highly symmetrical also.

Letters are used as a dramatic
device in the novel to further the plot,aid in the revelations of characters and in the
exposition of theme in this novel.

Austen is a master at
ending each chapter in the novel with a bang,providing great humour or insight into a
character within few lines giving a greater impact because of the fact that it is the
conclusion to each little situation.