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1、for the Degree of Bachelor of ArtsSchool of Foreign StudiesShandong University of Finance and EconomicsMay 2012AcknowledgementsIt would not be possible for me to complete the thesis without the generous help of many. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to convey my sincere grat

2、itude and appreciation to my supervisor Dr. Wang Junhua, under whose supervision I have obtained valuable ideas and precious suggestions. He is very intelligent on thesis instruction and also shows his great patience to me during my writing. I also want to thank all the teachers in the School of For

3、eign Studies of Shandong University of Finance and Economics for their beneficial courses I have attended during my college life. Besides, I owe my deep thanks to my roommates who have been encouraging me all the time, and to my colleagues at Jinan Longre Foreign Language Training Center who willing

4、ly took my part of duties so that I could have enough time for thesis writing. L. X. H.ABSTRACTOn Anti-Gothicism in Northanger AbbeyLi XiaohuiNorthanger Abbey, one of Jane Austens famous works, mainly tells the story of an innocent girl, a Gothic novel fan, who treats herself as the heroine of a Got

5、hic novel and makes many ridiculous adventures by taking Gothic stories as real happenings, but finally learns to distinguish between the imaginary life in novels and the real life of her own. The novel criticizes the ridiculousness and meaninglessness of Gothic novels in a satirical way. The thesis

6、 analyzes Austens parody of Gothic plot, characterization, and the heroines Gothic adventures in Northanger Abbey, and argues that the work reveals her anti-Gothicism through a comparison with the typical features of prevailing Gothic novels in her age.Key words: Northanger Abbey; Jane Austen; anti-

7、Gothicism 摘要诺桑觉寺是奥斯汀的一部著名作品。小说讲述了一位沉迷于哥特小说的天真女孩，把自己想象成作品的女主角，误把小说情节当做真实的生活，经历了一系列的荒谬历险；但她最终走出幻想，学会了分辨哥特小说的荒诞情节和现实生活的区别。小说以反讽的方式批评了哥特小说的可笑和荒诞。本文通过分析该小说对哥特式情节和人物的戏仿以及女主角的哥特式历险，并与当时盛行的哥特小说的典型特征相对比，认为奥斯汀通过诺桑觉寺表达了自己的反哥特观念。关键词：诺桑觉寺；奥斯汀；反哥特CONTENTSAcknowledgementsiiAbstract.iiiAbstract in ChineseivIntroduc

8、tion1Chapter One Gothic Novels and Northanger Abbey.3I. Origin and Development of Gothic Novels3II. Austens Attitude towards Gothic Novels5Chapter Two Parody of Gothic Plot and Characters.7I. Parody of Gothic Plot7II. Parody of Gothic Characters9Chapter Three Catherines Adventures11I. On the Way to

9、Northanger Abbey11II. Three Adventures in Northanger Abbey.12. Catherines Coming back to Reality15Conclusion.16Works Cited.17如有三级标题，可以i. ii. iii. iv. 编写，为简明，建议目录中尽量不要写三级标题，正文中可有三级标题。注意各级标题大小写，确保目录中的标题、页码与正文中的标题、页码保持对应。注意每段的首行缩进、行距、字体、字号等要保持全文一致IntroductionJane Austen （17751817）, who lived at the tur

10、n of the 18th and 19th century, is the most distinguished as well as the most widely read female novelist in British literature. She was born on December 16, 1775, at Steventon rectory in Hampshire, England, and died in Winchester on July 18, 1817, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen live

11、s in a large family with six brothers and one sister. Her father, George Austen was a rector for much of his life. Her sister, Cassandra Elizabeth, was her best friend. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers, and her own reading also helped a lot with her writing. During Austens

12、 education and writing life, her father was the most important guide, for he not only provided her with a well-stocked family library, but also supported her writing with much effort. He had created a democratic and easy intellectual atmosphere at home. They often talked about different political or

13、 social ideas, and any personal opinions would be accepted and discussed. Jane Austen began to write when she was only about thirteen and the everlasting support of her family was crucial to her development as a professional writer. Austens personal experiences have a great influence on her writing.

14、 “Of events her life was singularly barren: few changes and no great crisis even broke the smooth current of its course” （James 11）. Austens works are usually confined to a limited circle. In a letter to her nephew Edward, Austen made comments on her own work as “how could I possibly join them on to

15、 the little bit of Ivory on which I work with so fine a Brush, as produces little effect after much labor?” （Lefroy 160）. Liu Bingshan appraised that “the comparison is true. The ivory surface is small enough, but the woman who made drawings of human life on it is a real artist” （309）. Some critics

16、accuse Jane Austen of writing with a narrow vision, and that her novels are all about love, marriage, money and rich relations, but Austens works show their values on reflecting the social realities of her day. As Zhang Dingquan and Wu Gang comment in their book that “her Jane Austens unique sensiti

17、vity to human emotions, her careful observation made her one of the finest novelists of the age” （202）.Austen wrote six complete novels during her literary career. They are: Sense and Sensibility （1811）; Pride and Prejudice （1813）; Mansfield Park （1814）; Emma （1816）; Northanger Abbey （1818）; and Per

18、suasion （1818）. Her literary works have been attracting more and more readers from home and abroad since their publication. Jane Austen is considered as “a genius that appeals to any generation” （Qiao iv）. The British female writer Virginia Woolf said that “of all great novelists, Jane Austen is the

19、 most difficult to catch in the act of greatness” （Zhu 5）. The work discussed in this thesis is Northanger Abbey, which tells a story of the naive protagonist with a very over-active imagination, Catherine Morland, a Gothic novel aficionado, who treats herself as the heroine of a Gothic novel, takes

20、 stories in Gothic novels as happened in her real life and makes many ridiculous adventures, but finally learns to distinguish between the imaginary life in Gothic novels and her own ordinary life situations. Although Northanger Abbey was the first to be completed by Jane Austen, it had neither been

21、 given enough attention nor been adequately studied for some considerable time in the past. In fact, Northanger Abbey has its unique research value, particularly the authors attitude towards Gothic novels, which has aroused more and more critical attention and debates in recent years （see Chapter On

22、e）. This thesis argues that Northanger Abbey shows Jane Austens anti-Gothicism through her satirical criticism of the prevailing Gothic novels in her times. In addition to Introduction and Conclusion, the thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter briefly introduces Gothic novels, illustra

23、tes different viewpoints on the relationship between Northanger Abbey and Gothic novels as discussed by some critics and scholars. The second chapter analyses Jane Austens parodic anti-Gothicism by comparing the plot arrangement and characterization of the novel with that of Gothic novels. The third

24、 chapter discusses Jane Austens criticism of Gothic novels through focusing on Catherines ridiculous adventures.Chapter One Gothic Novels and Northanger AbbeyNorthanger Abbey is a parody of Gothic novels. The first part of this chapter briefly introduces the origin, development and typical features

25、of Gothic novels; the second part mainly illustrates different viewpoints on Austens attitude towards Gothic novels. Origin and Development of Gothic NovelsThe word “Goth,” coming from the name of an ancient tribe in Europe, and its derivative form “Gothic,” which reminds people of mysticism, terror

26、, and dark, were frequently used to describe medieval things in the 18th century. According to a highly-popular dictionary, the word “Gothic” means a kind of architecture built in the style that was popular in Western Europe from the 12th century to the 16th centuries, and which has pointed arches,

27、windows, and tall thin pillars and a novel written in the style popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, which described romantic adventures in mysterious or frightening surroundings. （Hornby 883） 注意引语段格式Now it generally refers to a genre of literature, which is “full of depicts of murders and supern

28、atural things to thrill readers” （Han 36）, combines both horror and romance and “deals with the strange, mysterious, and supernatural designed to invoke suspense and terror in readers” （Zhao 283）. From the above quotes, it is known that some basic elements in Gothic novels include: setting in a cast

29、le, which often contains secret passages and staircases, dark or hidden rooms; an atmosphere of mystery and suspense that arouses fear and terror; supernatural events, such as ghosts or unknown giants coming to human life; high and overwrought emotion, like anger, sorrow, especially terror from whic

30、h the characters suffer; heroine in distress, which appeals to the sympathy of the readers; and romance, such as powerful love between the heroine and the hero.The first Gothic novel is The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, written by the English author Horace Walpole. The work is remarkable becaus

31、e it is the first attempt to find “a tale of amusing fiction upon the basis of the ancient romance of chivalry” （Walter 115） and it “starts a fashion and sets an example for other Gothic novelists” （Zhang 5）. In addition, the novel was “an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern” （Horace 19）. Horace Walpole opens the door of Gothic novels and a lot of other Gothic novelists follow suit. Among them,