评简奥斯丁在《傲慢与偏见》中的婚姻观

T分类号密级UDC编号华中师范大学汉口分校本科毕业论文评简·奥斯汀在《傲慢与偏见》中的婚姻观院（系）外语学院专业英语年级2007级学生姓名王蕾学号2007932131指导教师王豫梅2011年5月OnJaneAustin’sAttitudetowardMarriageinPrideandPrejudiceAThesisSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheB.A.DegreeinEnglishLanguageandLiteratureByWANGLEIUndergraduateProgramSchoolofForeignLanguagesofCCNUHanKouBranchUndertheSupervisionofLecturerWangYumeiSignature:ApprovedMay2011AcknowledgementsIhavegotquitealistofpeoplewhocontributedinsomewaytothisthesis,forwhichIwouldliketoexpressthanks.Mostimportantly,IthanksupervisorWangYumeiforhercontinuousguidance,inspiration,untiringpatienceandsupport,whichwerealwaystherewhenIneeded.Shemanagestostriketheperfectbalancebetweenprovidingdirectionandencouragingindependence.Ialsowouldliketoacknowledgethehelpoftheprofessorsduringmystudy.TheyareWangYuan,HuangLezhen,LiuMeilin,andLiuHeqing.Iamgratefultomanypeoplewhohaveassistedmeinthecourseofthisthesisandbeenhelpfulandgenerouswiththeirtimeandexpertise.OtherfriendswhoseencouragementandsupporthaveremainedconstantinspiteofthedistancetheyareLongHue,WuDan.Lastbutnotleast,Iamgratefulformyparentswhohavealwaysencouragedme.iAbstractJaneAustenwasoneofthegreatestrealisticnovelistsinEnglishliteratureinthe19tncentury.Duringtheforty—twoyearsofhershortlifetime,inwritingthenovels,Austenlimitshersubjectmatterinloveandmarriagesofgentlemenandladiesofthemid-upperclass.Shesummarizesmarriagepatternsandputforwardapictureofwhatallidealmarriageshouldbelike.Thispaperfirstlyintroducesthebackgroundoftheauthorandnovel,andthengivesabriefintroductionofthenovels.Atlast,Iwillanalyzethedifferentviewsofmarriageindifferentperiodsinthisnovel.Accordingtothisstructuretostudythisnovel,itfocusesontherelationshipsbetweenloveandmarriage,loveandmoneyinlife.Iwillfurtherprobeintothespecialviewsofpeopleabouttherelationshipsamonglove,marriageandmoneyindifferentperiods.Keyword:PrideandPrejudice；Marriage；Moneyii中文摘要简·奥斯汀(1775-1817)是十九世纪英国文学史上最伟大的现实主义小说家之一。奥斯汀的小说主要讲述了中上层社会绅士淑女间的婚姻和爱情风波。她归纳了各种婚姻的样式，并描绘了她心中的理想婚姻的画面。本文首先介绍作者和小说的背景，然后简要的介绍小说中几种婚恋关系，最后分析这部作品中不同时期的婚姻所相对应得出不同的婚姻观。按照这个结构来对这部作品进行研究，集中探讨在生活里爱情与婚姻、爱情与金钱的关系。在不同时期之间，男女对于爱情、婚姻、金钱，甚至这三者之间的关系都有着怎样独特的见解。关键词：傲慢与偏见；婚姻；金钱iiiContentsAcknowledgments………………………………………………………………………iAbstract………………….……………………………………………………………..ii中文摘要………………………………………………………………………………iiiContents………………….…………………………………………………………….ivI.IntroductionoftheNovelandAuthor……………….…………………….….……11.1IntroductionofJaneAusten..............................................................…...............21.2BackgroundoftheNovel………………………………..………………….…..4II.CharactersandSeveralKindsofMarriageintheNovel………………………...52.1AnalysisofMaincharacters………………………..…………………………..52.1.1TheAnalysisofElizabeth………………………………………………..52.1.2TheanalysisofDarcy.................................................................................62.2MarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy………………………………….…….62.3MarriagebetweenLydiaandWickham……….………………………………..82.4MarriagebetweenCharlotteandCollins……………………………………….82.5MarriagebetweenJaneandBingley……………………………………………10III.DifferentViewsonMarriageintheNovel………………………………………..113.1ViewsbyAuthor………………………….………………………………..……113.2ViewsbyPeopleofOldTimes………………………………………………….123.3ViewsbyModernPeople………………………………………………………..133.4TheComparisonofPeoplefromOldtimesandModernTimesonMarriage…..14Conclusion…………………………………………………….………..………………16Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………18iv1IntroductionJaneAustenisconsideredtobeoneofthedistinguishedEnglishnovelistsofthenineteenthcentury.Hergreatnessliesinherabilitytosimulatereaderstosupplywhatisnotthereandexpandatrifleinourmindandinendowwiththemostenduringformoflife.Theturnsandtwistsofthedialoguebetweencharacterskeepusonthetenterhooksofsuspense.JaneAustenachievesallillusionofconcreteness，whileatthesametime，leavingmuchtothereaders’imagination.Asacountryclergyman’sdaughter,shewaseducatedathomeandremainedunmarried，Shereceivededucationinthepracticalarts，suchasdrawing，sewingandpianoplaying,thatwereconsideredthemostimportantskillstowomenatthetime．Becauseofherlimitedpersonalexperiences，thesubjectofhernovelsisoftenlimitedtoanarrowandsmallworldoflifeshelivedinRegencyEnglandfromthelate1790suntil1815，theeverydaylifeofsmalltowns，countryhouses，occupiedbylandedgentryandtheirrelations，whichsheknewsodeeplyandthoroughly．JaneAustenexistedinthisworldforonly42years,butinsuchashortperiodoftime,sheproduced6novels,allofwhicharesplendidones.Strangelyenough,allhernovelswerecenteredonthesametopic:thetrivialmattersoflove,marriageandfamilylifebetweencountrysquiresandfairladiesinBritaininthe18thand19thcentury.ByusingsuchsimpleplotsAustencoulddescribetheloveandmarriageconflictsofthethreeorfourfamiliesinasmalltownandcouldcreatevariouscolorfulprotagonists.Inherworks,herheroineswithoutanymoneyorsocialrankarealwaysplacedinadesperatesituationofhavingtoluresomeyoungandrichlandlordsorclergymenwithcomfortablelivingsintomarryingthem.Thisisatruthfulreflectionoftheauthor’stimeduringwhichpeopleseemedtotakemoneymuchmoreseriouslythanotherstimes,especiallythewomenwhowaitingfortheirmarriage.Thispaperfo