分析《简爱》中的女性意识

序号：085天津外国语大学成人高等教育英语（本科）毕业论文论文题目（英文）：AnanalysisoftheFemaleConsciousnessinJaneEyre论文题目（中文）：分析《简爱》中的女性意识答辩成绩：____________________姓名：王虹学号：身份证号：指导教师：王欣梅完成日期：2011年11月6日成人高等教育ContentsAbstract(inChinese)………………………………………………IAbstract(inEnglish)……………………………………………...III.Introduction…………………………………………………...11.1.Abriefintroductiontotheauthor…………………....11.2.Abriefintroductiontothenovel…………………….2II.TheRisingofJaneEyre'sFemaleConsciousness……………22.1.Gateshead-SproutingofFemaleConsciousness………22.2.Lowood-GrowingofFemaleConsciousness…………42.3.Thornfiel-UpsurgingofFemaleConsciousness………6III.TheFourAspectsofJane’sFemaleConsciousness…………83.1.Findingbalanceinlife………………………………...83.2.Herpursuitofequalityinlove..………………………113.3.Herpursuitofindependence………………………….153.4.Herrebellionagainstreligion…..…………………….17IV.Conclusion…………………………………………………19Notes……..……………………………………………………….21Bibliography……..………………………………………………23I摘要夏洛蒂•勃朗特是十九世纪英国杰出的女作家，她的代表作《简•爱》自出版以来受到读者和文学评论者的广泛关注和欢迎。从很大程度上讲，《简•爱》被认为是作者的心理历程的自传体小说。夏洛蒂把自己的很多的人生经历和性格特点都赋予了她作品中的女主人公一简•爱。外表平平、孤独贫苦、无依无靠的简•爱在作品伊始就一直处于社会的边缘地位，因而经历了一个漫长的确定自己女性意识的痛苦的心理历程。为了更好的支撑这一主题，该论文分为四大部分；第一部分对作者和小说做一简介；第二部分集中分析高涨的女性意识；第三部从四个方面分析女性意识；第四部分为结论重申主题。关键词：审美价值独立自主女性人物IIAbstractCharlotteBrotteisaremarkablewomanwriterinthe19th-centuryEnglishliterature.HermasterpieceJaneEyrereceivedcomprehensiveattentionandreceptionafterpublished.JaneEyreisthemostpopularoneamongherbooksforitsspirituallyattractiveCinderella-likeheroineinlovestory.Theheroine,JaneEyre,isapassionatewomanfullofaffection,whichisunseasonableinherage.Tosupportthethesis,thepaperisdividedintofourparts.Thefirstpartgivesabriefintroductiontoboththeauthorandthenovel.ThesecondpartmakesananalysisoftheRisingofJaneEyre'sFemaleConsciousness.ThethirdpartmakesananalysisofthefouraspectsofJane’sFemaleConsciousness.Thefourthpartistheconclusion,restatingthethesisofthepaper.Keywords:aestheticvalue,independence,femalecharacters1I.Introduction1.1.AbriefintroductiontoCharlotteBronteCharlotteBronte(1816-1855),literary,talentedanddyingyoung,isoneofthesaddestpagesinthehistoryofEnglishliterature,notedforhernovelJaneEyre(1847),sisterofAnneBronteandEmilyBronte.Thethreesisterswerealmostasfamousfortheirshort,tragiclivesasfortheirnovels.IntheirworkstheydescribedlovemoretruthfullythatwascommoninVictorianageEngland.Inthepast40yearsCharlotteBronte’sreputationhadrisenrapidly,andfeministcriticismhasdonemuchtoshowthatshewasspeakingupforoppressedwomenofeveryage.Alittle,plain,provincial,sickly-lookingoldmaid,ishowGeorgeLewesdescribedCharlotteBrontetoGeorgeEliot.ShewasthedaughterofapoorclergymaninthelittlevillageofHaworth,Yorkshire,inthenorthernEngland.Hermotherdiedin1821，leavingfivegirlsandoneboy.Sheandhersistersranwilduponthemoors,readliteratureandwrotechildishstories.In1824allthegirlsexceptAnne,theyoungest,weresenttoacharityschool,averitableprisonwherethepoorchildrenwerecruellytreated.Charlotte'stwoeldestsistersdiedthereandsheandEmilywerebroughthometobeeducatedbytheirfather.Sotheydidnotgetmuchformalschoolingintheirtime.Theyworkedasgovernessinrichfamiliesforsometime.21.2.Abriefintroductiontothenovel-JaneEyreInJaneEyreCharlotteusedherexperiencesattheEvangelicalschoolandasgoverness.Thenovelthrobswiththeheart-beatsofitsauthor.JaneEyretellsthestoryofanorphangirl.JaneEyre,thedaughterofapoorparson,losesbothofherparentsshortlyafterbirth.Shelivesatthehouseholdofheraunt,Mrs.Reed,aharshandunsympatheticwoman,whoisrudeandunjusttothepoororphan.Oneday,unabletobearthebad-treatmentanylonger,Janetellsstraighttoheraunt'sfacewhatshethinksofher.Mrs.ReedisfuriousandgetsridofJanebysendinghertoacharityschool.Mal-treatedbytheauthoritiesandleadingahalf-starvedexperience,Janestaysherefor8years.Thensheobtainsapostasagoverness,inheritsmoneyfromanuncle,andmarriesafterseveralturnsoftheplotthehero,Rochester,whofallsinlovewithJane.II.TheRisingofJaneEyre'sFemaleConsciousness2.1.Gateshead——SproutingofFemaleConsciousnessAtGateshead,Janebeginsherjourneythroughherlife.Janewasbornelsewhere,butherearliestmemoriesareofGatesheadandtheReedFamily.Thus,theReeds'homeisthegateattheheadofherjourneythroughlife.Gatesheadistheplaceinwhichthepassionsofchildhoodaregivenfreerein.Fromitsbeginning,Jane3Eyreexploresandchallengesthesocialpreconceptionsofnineteenth-centuryVictoriansociety.Themesofsocialclass,genderrelations,andinjusticepredominatethemainplotofthestory.JaneEyrebeginsherownstoryasanorphanraisedbyawealthyandcultivatedfamily,andthisambiguoussocialstandingmotivatesmuchofthenovel'sinternaltensionandconflict.Jane'seducationandsemi-aristocraticlifestylearethoseoftheupperclass,butshehasnomoney.Asapennilessorphanforcedtoliveonthecharityofothers,Janeisakindofsecond-classcitizen.Insomewayssheisbeloweventheservants,whocertainlyhavenoobligationtotreatherrespectfully.Jane'syoungcousinsarefreetoinsultherwhenevertheychoose.JohnReed,theheiroftheReedestateandfortune,evenpunchesandpushesherwithoutfearofpunishment.Jane,unlikehercousins,ispunishedforherfitsofpassion,butsheexperiencespassionsatGateshead,nonetheless.Jane'ssensitivitytoactsofinjusticedevelopswh