简析理智与情感中艾莉诺与玛丽安的性格特征商务英语本科学位论文.docx

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简析理智与情感中艾莉诺与玛丽安的性格特征商务英语本科学位论文

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题目：

简析理智与情感中艾莉诺与

玛丽安的性格特征

姓名：

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班级、学号：

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系（部）：

经济管理系

专业：

商务英语

指导教师：

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开题时间：

2009年4月10日

完成时间：

2009月11月1日

2009年11月1日

目录

毕业设计任务书…………………………………………………2

毕业设计成绩评定表……………………………………………3

答辩申请书……………………………………………………4-6

正文……………………………………………………………7-17

答辩委员会表决意见……………………………………………17

答辩过程记录表…………………………………………………18

课题：

简析理智与情感中艾莉诺与玛丽安的性格特征

一、课题（论文）提纲

0.介绍

1.艾利诺的性格特征

1.1艾利诺在文中角色

1.2通过艾莉诺的语言及行为来分析她的性格

2.玛丽安的性格特征

2.1玛丽安在文中的角色。

2.2通过玛丽安的情感经历来分析她的性格

3.通过对比两人的感情经历来分析两人的性格特征

4.结语

二、内容摘要

《理智与情感》在简奥斯丁的众多作品中，虽然不是最负盛名的一部，却是她写作人生的处女作，表现了她对周围坏境的敏锐观察，也反映了作者个人成长，生活的许多经历。

本文的主题是区分理性与感性之间的区别。

艾莉诺沉稳理性，妹妹玛丽安感性热情，在如此鲜明的对比中，作者反复以相似境况对照两姐妹处世的态度，进而探讨不同性格所导致的不同命运与人生经历。

在理性与感性盛行的当代社会是现实的，从这两姐妹决然不同的感情经历中，我们得知这样一个真理，作为现代社会新女性，必须将理性与感性结合，我们才能找到真正个人的幸福。

三、参考文献

1.JaneAusten,“senseandsensibility”ed.R.W.Chapman（NewYork:

OxfordUniversityPress,1988）.

2.JaneAusten,JaneAusten’sLetters,ed.DeirdreLeFaye（London:

TheFolioSociety,2003）.

3.AdamSmith,TheTheoryofMoralSentiments,Raphael&MafiaEd;OxfordUniversityPress,1976.

4.ClaireTotaling,JaneAusten:

ALife（NewYork:

AlfredA.Knopf,1998）.

5.EdwardCopeland,theCambridgeCompaniontoJaneAusten（CambridgeUniversityPress:

1997）.

6.JaneAusten,“SenseandSensibility”ed.ClaudiaL.Johnson（NewYork:

W.W.Norton,2002）

7.MarilynButler,JaneAustenandTheWarofIdeas（OxfordUniversityPress,1998）.

8.简.奥斯丁：

《理智与情感》，武崇汉译，上海译文出版社，2006年8月版。

9.玛吉.莱恩:

《简.奥斯丁的世界》，郭静译，海南出版社，2004年3月版。

10.劳伦斯。

史东：

《英国十六世纪至十八世纪的家庭、性与婚姻》，刁筱华译，台北：

麦田出版，2000年

CharacterAnalysisofElinorandMarianneinSenseandSensibility

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Abstract:

“SenseandSensibility”,inmanyofJaneAusten'sworks,althoughnotthemostprestigiousone,washerfirstwritinginherlife,showingherperceptivenessonthesurroundingenvironment,andalsoreflectingtheauthor'spersonalgrowthandmanylifeexperiences.Thetopicofthispaperistomakeclearthedifferencesbetweensenseandsensibility.ElinoriscalmlyrationalandhersisterMarianneisemotionalenthusiasm.Insuchsharpcontrast,theauthorcontrasttheattitudeofthetwosistersinsociety,thustoexplorethedifferentcharacterscausedbythedifferentfateandlifeexperiences.ThepopularityofSenseandSensibilityinthepresentageisrealistic,throughtheparallelexperienceoflove,andfromwhichwelearnthatasanascentwomen,sensemustbemixedwithsensibilityifwewanttofindtruepersonalhappiness.

Keywords:

SenseandSensibility,Composedandrational,Perceptualenthusiasm,Differentlifeexperiences.

0.Introduction

Asweallknow,itisnotuntilthesecondhalfofthe18thcenturythatwomennovelistsbegantoappearinEngland.Andsomegiftedwomenfromtheendofthe18thcenturyto19thcenturymadesomecontributionstothedevelopmentofEnglishnovel,whichevenwontheirplacesinthefrontranksofsomerealistslikeCharlesDickens,WilliamMakepeaceThackeray,etc.JaneAusten（1775-1817）wasjustsuchagreatwomanwriterinthisperiod.ShebroughttheEnglishnoveltoitsmaturityandhersatiricalfictionsmarkedthetransitionfromthe18th-centuryneoclassicismtothe19th-centuryromanticismintheEnglishliterature.

JaneAustenwasbornatStevensonandtheseventhchildofacountryclergymanfamily.Shewaseducatedathomeandpassedallherlifeindoingsmalldomesticdutiesinthecountryside.Shewrotesixcompletefamousnovels,includingSenseandSensibility（1811）,PrideandPrejudice（1813）,MansfieldPark（1814）,Emma（1816）,NorthangerAbbey（1818）,andPersuasion（1818）.

Shelivedandworkedattheturnofthecentury,whichwitnessedagreatchangeoftheEnglishsociety.SincetheIndustrialRevolutioninthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury,theEnglishsocialstructureunderwentrapidchanges.Theindustrialcapitalistsbegantocontrolnotonlytheeconomicbutalsothepoliticalpowerandthusthestrugglebetweentheworkersandcapitalistsalsobecamemoreandmoresharp.Consequently,peoplestartedtodoubtandevenlosehopetotheenlighteningthoughtsthatwaspopularinthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury.Literature,asa“barometer”ofthesociallife,alsoexperiencedgreatchange.Oneofthemostremarkablechangeswasintheliterarytaste.Thatistosay,peoplestartedtodislikeSwift’sbrutality,Defoe’sfrankrealism,andevenFielding’smasculinesatire.Sotheworkswiththerationaltonebegantogivewaytotheworksfullofsentiments.Undersuchasocialandliteraryenvironment,JaneAustenexertedhertransitionalroleinEnglishliterature.

MostofJaneAusten’snovelsreflecttheprocessofthechangeoftheattitudetowardsthemarriage.Asweallknow,inAusten’snovelSenseandSensibility.Thestoryconcernstwosisters,ElinorandMarianneDashwood（Elinorrepresenting“sense”andMarianne“sensibility”）.AlongwiththeirmotherandyoungersisterMargaret,theyareleftimpoverishedafterthedeathoftheirfather,andthefamilyisforcedtomovetoacountrycottage,offeredtothembyagenerousrelative.

ElinorformsanattachmenttothegentleandcourteousEdwardFerraris,unawarethatheisalreadysecretlyengaged.Aftertheirmove,MariannemeetsWilloughby,adashingyoungmanwholeadsherintoundisciplinedbehaviors,sothatsheignorestheattentionsofthefaithful（butolder）ColonelBrandon.Thecontrastbetweenthesisters'charactersiseventuallyresolvedasbothfindloveandlastinghappiness.

1.Elinor’scharacter.

ElinorDashwoodthesensibleandreservedeldestdaughterofMr.andMrs.HenryDashwood.Sheis19yearsoldatthebeginningofthebook.ShebecomesattachedtoEdwardFerrars,thebrother-in-lawofherelderhalf-brother,John.Alwaysfeelingakeensenseofresponsibilitytoherfamilyandfriends,sheplacestheirwelfareandinterestsaboveherown,andsuppressesherownstrongemotionsinawaythatleadsotherstothinksheisindifferentorcold-hearted.Elinorisareserved,practicalandthoughtfulyoungwomanwho,comparedwithhermoreemotionalandromanticyoungersisterMarianne,formsthe'sense'ofthetitle.

1.1TheroleofElinorinthestory

Elinorwasaquiet,softspoken,fullofmannerandbroughtup.Sheleavedareasonandmatureimpressiononeveryreader’s.Althoughshewasonly19yearsold.Atthebeginningofthenovel,almosteveryonethoughtthatthethreegirlsareunfortunate,evenhermotherworriedabouttheirfuture.Howevergetsridofallmisfortunes,Elinorputherheartintosmoothanddealwithalltheproblemsinareasonableway.

Thenovelbeginswithadyingfathertellinghissonthathemustleavehisestatetohimandhiswife.Thismeansthatthethreegirlsandtheirmotherwillbeleftwithoutaplacetostayandthegirlswithoutdowries.Aslethalablowasthismayseem,itiscoupledbythefactthebrother’snewwifeislessthansympathetictothethreegirlsneeds.ThisiswhenwearefirstintroducedtoElinorandheryoungersisterMarianne.Asusual,MarianneisbeingherimpulsiveselfandElinoristryingtotakecareofherfamily’swell-being,shealwaysconsiderseverymemberasfaraspossiblecomprehensive.

TheauthorformedElinor’scharacterdispositiontoprominentthesenseofthenovel’ssubjectandformedthesharpcontrastwithMarianne’scharacterdisposition.

1.2AnalysisofElinor’scharacterthroughherlanguageandbehavior

Theyexperiencedthelossoftheirfatherandtheirhomewithgreatsadnessandemotion.Elinor,too,wasdeeplyhurt,butshecouldmanageherpaininamoremodestway.

Thesisterinlawwasalwayscoldandbittertowardsthem,andheremotionalmotherwishedtoleavetheNorlandimmediatelyalthoughshelovedherhomedearly,asMrs.JohnDashwoodwasquitedisagreeabletoher.InthatcaseElinorhadpersuadedhermothertoremaininthehomeforashorttime,sheexplainedcalmlythattheycouldnotleaveyet,astheyhadnootherhometomoveto.Shetoldhermotherthattheyshouldbeginlookingforanotherhomeimmediately,indeed,butmustwaituntiltheyfoundanappropriatehome,nearNorlandPark,ofcourse.Shehadcalmcharacterthatguidedherspirit;shewasquitereasonableandmaturesattheageofnineteen.Forthisreason,shewasabletogivehermothersuchadviceandberespected.Hermotherwasquitedifferentfromherfirstchildinthatshewaspassionateandunexpected,justasherseconddaughterwas,aswell.Elinorhadanexcellentheartandstrongfeelings,butsheknowshowtohandlesuchpassionateemotionsbetterthanhermotherandsisters.Hermotherhadnotyetlearnedthis,andheryoungersisterdidnotwishtolearn.

Elinorin“senseandsensibility”isthesisterwhoholdsdownthefamilyanddiscussesthepracticalityofsituations.Shetoodistributescherishedwiththewelfareofherrelationsandtakesitupuponherselftolookaftertheirwell-being.FeelingafflictedwhenhersisterMariannewashurtbyWilloughby,shetriesherbesttocomforthersister,resolvethesituation,andfindoutthefactsofwhathappened;evenherselfwashurtbyLucy’sword.

“WilloughbysoonleftthepartyandElinorwasrelievedforhersister.Mariannedesiredtoleaveimmediately,soElinorinformedLadyMiddletonthatMariannewasquiteill.Theythenreturnedhome,andMariannewenttoherroomimmediately,wishingonlytobealone.”

“Andyoureallybelievetheywillsoonbemarried?

”Elinorasked,quitebothered.“Ithoughtithadbeenonlyajoke,butyourquestionisquiteserious.Idohopeyouwillstopwiththesequestions,asmysisterhasnoplanstomarryMr.Willoughby.Youaremistaken,andyouareunkindtodeclaresuchfalsereports,thoughyouw