简奥斯汀傲慢与偏见英文论文.docx

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简奥斯汀傲慢与偏见英文论文

简•奥斯汀（1775—1817）是英国文学史上一位非常出色的女性作家。

她在短暂的一生中虽然主要创作了六部作品，但这丝毫没影响她在文学史上的地位。

她的作品主题都是爱情与婚姻，而最能反映出她的婚姻观的就要数《傲慢与偏见》了，《傲慢

与偏见》以班特家5个女儿的爱情婚姻为基点，通过对四段婚姻的分析，体现出作者的爱情婚姻观。

爱情、金钱、社会地位、性格等都是婚姻中必须要考虑的因素，爱情和相互尊重是婚姻的基础，但金钱也为婚姻稳定提供了条件，婚姻是个严肃的问题，综合考虑各种因素的爱情婚姻才是幸福的。

这种婚姻观对当时和现在的社会都有着深远的影响。

本文主要通过对人物性格及其婚姻进行分析，探索作者所倡导的正确婚姻观。

主要分为三个部分：

第一部分主要分析作者所生活的时代背景以及其生活经历；第二部分着重通过对小说人物形象和他们的婚姻的分析，揭示作者的婚姻观；第三部分主要讨论作者的婚姻观以及这种婚姻观对我们的启示和影响。

通过查阅大量文献，结合作者的生活经历，总结出作者以爱情为基础的婚姻观，提出婚姻在我们每个人的一生中都占有重要的位置，它关系着我们是否能够幸福快乐的生活，选择好自己的婚姻对象自然尤为重要。

其中，爱情是基础。

简•奥斯汀的婚姻观给了我们重大启示，为我们寻找幸福的婚姻指明了方向，而且对女性独立自由意识的觉醒也有重要影响。

关键词：

《傲慢与偏见》；婚姻；爱情；金钱；启示

Abstract

JaneAusten（1775—1817）isoneofthemostexcellentfemalewritersof

Englishliterature.Althoughinhershortlife,Austenonlycreatedsixworks,

hereffectinliteraryworldhasneverchanged.Thethemeofallhernovels

isloveandmarriage,andamongall,PrideandPrejudiceistheworkthatcanbestreflectJaneAusten'sviewsofmarriage.PrideandPrejudicemainlyfocusesontheloveandmarriageoffivegirlsfromBennet.Thenovelreflectstheauthor'sviewsonlovemarriage:

love,money,statusandcharacter.

Marriageshouldbebasedonloveandrespect,andinaddition,moneyprovidesthepracticalfoundationforthestabilityofthemarriage.Takingallofthefactorsintoconsideration,wecanestablishahappymarriage.

ThisthesisaimsatexploringJaneAusten'smaritalviewsbyanalyzing

thepersonalityandmarriagesofthecharactersinthenovel.Itcanbedivided

intothreeparts:

thefirstpartdealswiththebackgroundofthesocietyandJaneAusten'slifeexperienee;thesecondpartdealswiththeanalysisofthemaincharactersandtheirmarriagewiththeaimofrevealingthewriter'sviewsonmarriage;thelastpartfocusesontheeffectandinspirationfrom

JaneAusten'sviewonmarriage.Wecangettheconclusionthatmarriageplaysanimportantroleinourlives,sinceithasalottodowithourhappiness.

Choosingasuitablepartnerformarriagemeansalot;therefore,loveshouldbeputonthefirstplace.JaneAusten'sviewsofmarriagegiveusmuch

inspiration,itcanalsorousefemale'ssenseofindependenceandfreedom.

Keywords:

PrideandPrejudice;marriage;love;inspiration

Contents

Abstract

（Chinese）.i

Abstract

（English）.…....ii

Contents

.iii

Introduction

2.0ThebackgroundofsocietyandJane

Austen…2

3.0FourdifferentmarriagesinPrideand

Prejudice3

3.1ElizabethandDarcy's

marriage…..3

3.2JaneandBingley

smarriage…

……..4

3.3

Chal

otte

andCol

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marriage

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3.4

Lyd

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ndWick

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m's

marriage...

6

4.0Analysis

and

understandingsof

the

four

marriages

6

4.1Perfectmarriagebasedontruelove

4.2Happymarriagebasedonsenseandsimilarinterest…....7

4.3Patheticmarriagebasedonmoneyorbenefits.•….•…7

4.4Absurdmarriagebasedonlustand

vanity8

4.5JaneAusten'sviewsonmarriage8

5.0TheinspirationfromJaneAusten'sviewson

marriage....9

6.0

Conclusion

10

Acknowledgements..11

References

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Appendix:

ThesisProposal

1.0Introduction

JaneAustenwasborninamiddleclassfamilyin1775,andshespendherwholelifeinthecountryside,shewassofascinatedwiththepeacefulandeaselifeincountryside.Althoughshewasunmarriedthewholelife,thethemeofhernovelswereloveandmarriage,basically,theloveandmarriagebetweenagentlemanandafairylady.Herbest-knownworksareEmma1815）,PrideandPrejudice（1813）andSenseandSensibility（1811）.

Thenoveltalksaboutfourdifferentmarriages:

CollinandChallote's

marriagewhichisbasedonmoney;LydiaandWickhamsmarriagewhichisbasedonlust;JaneandBingley'smarriagewhichisbasedonsense,ElizabethandDarcy'smarriagewhichisbasedonlove.Whichweighsthemostinmarriage,love,possession,orsocialstatus?

JaneAustenhasdifferentattitudeanddescriptionaboutthefourmarriages.Thefirstsentenceinthisnovelisimpressive.Itsays:

“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasingle

maninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Theundertoneisveryclear:

thefoundationofthemarriageatthattimeisnotlovebutpossession,butJaneAustentellsusadifferentstory.

ThemainstoryofthisnovelhappensbetweenElizabethBennetandDarcy.ElizabethBennetisa20-year-oldyounglady.Sheisherfather'sfavouritedaughterandinheritshisintelligeneeandwisdom.Darcyisaprideandkindgentlemanwithgreatfortune.Although,theywerenotattractedbyeachotherattheverybeginning,becausetheyallhavesomecomplaintsabouttheother,ElizabethloathesDarcy'sarroganee,andshealsohassomemisunderstandingsonhim,DarcythinksElizabethisaveryproudgirl,andherfamiliesleaveanawfulimpressiononhim.Butatlast,theyfallinloveandhaveahappymarriage.Whatchangestheirattitudetowardseachother?

Becausetheprideandprejudicebetweenthemislonggone.Theyfinallyknoweachotherdeeplyandaccepteachother.Theirmarriageisrootedintheirloveandrespect.

Comparingwithothermarriagesinthestory,ElizabethandDarcy'smarriage

istheperfectone.Thestoryreflectstheauthor'smarriageview:

itiswrongtomarryjustforthepossession,Iustandposition.Sheemphasizesthe

importaneeoftheidealmarriagethatweshouldmarryforloveandemotion.

ElizabethandDarcyhaveahappyendingnotonlybecauseoftheirlove,buttosomeextent,Darcy'spropertyprovidesthemthematerialneed.Fromthiswecanseetheauthor'sviews:

marriageisbasedonlove,butpropertyandpositionshouldbetakenintoaccount.Inmodernsociety,alotofpeoplemarriageformoneyandsocialstatus,sometimes,itleadstoasadending.

Ithink,nomatterwhen,JaneAusten'sviewsonmarriageareofgreatvalue

inleadingustotheidealmarriage.

Mythesisconsistsofthreechapters.Thefirstchapterdealswiththe

backgroundofthesocietyandJaneAusten'slifeexperienee,andhowdoesthosefactorsinflueneeherwritings;thesecondchapterrevealtheauthorsviewsonmarriageandthestandardoftheidealmarriageadvocatedbyJaneAustenthroughanalyzingthecharactersandtheirmarriageinthestory;thelastchaptertalksabouttheconditionsofthemodernmarriageandhowtofoundtheidealmarriagefromtheinspirationofJaneAusten'sviewonmarriage.

2.0ThebackgroundofthesocietyandJaneAusten

In18thand19thcenturies,theEnglandsociety'shadserioussocialproblems.Oneoftheseverestofthesewasthetendencytomarryformoney.

Apersonsoughtapartnerbasedonthedowryreceivableandtheirallowanee.

Inthe19thcentury,womenwerenotwellrespectedcomparedwiththeonesin

thepresentsociety.Therewasnoequalitybetweenwomanandman.Womenwere

consideredtobeinferiortomenintermsofintelligenceandcapacity.The

centrallifeofwomenwasforcedtobestayingathome.Theirroleswereto

dealwiththefamilyaffairs,suchastakingcareofthechildrenandservingforthehusband.Thisprocesswentbothways:

abeautifulwomanmightbeabletosnagarichhusband,oracharringandhandsomemancouldwooarichyounggirl.Inthesemarriages,moneywastheonlyconsideration.Lovewasleftout,withthethoughtthatitwoulddevelopastheyearswentby.JaneAusten

（December16,1775--July18,1817）,anoutstandingfemalenovelistofBritish,wasborninthevillageofSteventon,nearBasingstoke,inHampshire.Herfatheristhelocalvicar.Shedidnothavethenormalschooling,butshegotgoodeducationfromfamily'sliteratureteaching.Fromtheendofthe18th

centurytotheearly19thcentury,“thesentimentnovel”and“thegothic

novel”werethethemesofEnglishliterature,whileAustenmadeadifferent

way.Mostofherworkswereaboutromanticlove.Thatmighthavesomethingtodowithherfailureinmarriage.JaneAustenwasunmarriedherwholelife,butshehadfalleninlovewithayoungman.Theirlovewaspureandfaithful.However,thisyoungmanhadtosubmittothemarriagethathisauntarrangedforhim,becausehewasunderlotsofburdenfromfamily.ThenJanebrokeupwithhim,sinceshedidnotwanttostandinthewayoftheyoungmansfuture,andalsoinheropinion,marriageshouldbebasedonlove.Shelovednooneelseafterthat.Thatisthereasonwhyshewasunmarriedallherlife.Sosheputallherfeelingsincreatingromanticandhappymarriages.

3.0FourdifferentmarriagesinPrideandPrejudice

3.1ElizabethandDarcy'smarriage

OnceMr.QianZhongshuhascomparedmarriagetoacastle,butIdon'tthinkthismarriagetheoryissuitableforDarcyandElizabeth.Themarriageistortuousbetweenthembutdeep-rootedoflovebased.Asweallknow,ElizabethandDarcyleftaquitebadimpressiononeachotheratthebeginning.ElizabeththinksDarcyisinsolentandarrogant,andDarcydoesnotlikeElizabethbecauseofElizabeth'ssocialclassandherindecentrelatives.ButDarcyfinallyrealizedElizabeth'spreciousness,andElizabeth'sprejudiceandmisunderstandingstowardsDarcyaregone.Theydeeplyinloveandpossessawonderfulmarriageatlast.Theirloveandmarriagearetortuousandkindofmysterious.Iwillanalysistheirmarriagestartwithanalyzingthetwocharacters.

ElizabethBennetisapersonwhoisworthourimitation.Sheisamodelbecausesheisdifferentfromtheothers.Shedoesnotadhererigidlytothestandardssetforthbysociety,sheisself-reliantandindependent.Sheiswitandintelligent.Mos