On Emma’s Growth from Callowness to Maturity

Jane Austen was a gifted and realistic English author. She paid intense heed to trivial domestic things, but didn’t care about political affairs and big events in the world. Her work, Emma, which dominates the literary circle, is unique and highly acclaimed. This thesis proves that Emma is a bildungsroman by introducing the background of Emma. It also analyzes the process of Emma’s psychological and social growth in great details and explains its significance. Psychologically, she knows her own shortcomings and does self-examination at last. In a social level, Emma gradually gets to know herself in the later part of the novel and is able to carry herself and conduct matters in a sensible way. Emma’s improvement also gives lots of lessons to the contemporary youth.