诺桑觉寺读后感

FemalestatusinNorthangerAbbeyIhaveeverseenPrideandPrejudice,andIalsohaveeverreadSenseandSensibility.BoththemarewrittenbyJaneAustin,afamousEnglishwriterin19thcentury.Andatthistime,IreadNorthangerAbbey,too.Austin'snovelsdidn'thavethesignificantsocialproblem,buthadthepeacevillagesceneryofdescribingwithherexquisitepenpoint.Shetrulydescribedthesmallworldaroundher,especiallyamongladiesofmarriageandlovebywomen’suniquemeticulousobservation,andRepresentedtheEnglishcountrysidemiddleclassdailylifeandruralscenerywhichhasnotbeenimpactedbythecapitalistIndustrialRevolution.ThisessayistryingtoapplytheJaneAustin’sheroinetoanalyzethefemalestatusin18thcenturyandtheincreasingoffemalestatusaftertheIndustrialRevolution.Itconsistoftwoparts.（Ⅰ）Thewomen’sstatusin18thcenturyMaybeJaneAustinwasgoodatcreatingcharacterswhenshewrotenovels.Shecandescribeherlifelikecharacterwithvividconversationandinterestingplot.Inherwork,theheroineshadacommoncharacteristics,thatis,theyarebeautiful,virtuous,endearing,butpoor.Numbersareapartthatcan’tbeignoredinAustin’snovels.Almostherallworksfillinthemsuchasearning,heritage,andsoon.SodoesNorthangerAbbey.Inthisnovel,itrelatestotheproblemofpropertyanywhere,GeneralTilney,thehero’sfather,marriedwiththehero’smotherforhermoney;JohnthoughtthathewillmarriedwithCatherine,soheexaggeratedCatherine’spropertyandcausedthatGeneralTilneyhadanexcessofenthusiasmtoCatherineandalsolethisson,henry,ingratiateher,whenGeneralTilneyknewthatsheisnotrich,hedrovedherawayatonce,sosnobbish.Ontheotherhand,itisanobviousreflectiontotherelationshipbetweenmoneyandmarriageformostofpeople,especiallythenobilitywithoutproperty,atthattime.Austinputheroineinthepatriarchalsocietyandobservedthem,andwecanseethatpeople’svaluebasedontheownershipofproperty.Womenareatastageofdisadvantagefromthestart,canonlyobeythemanandtheso-calledlawbecausethemaleheirsgotthepropertyfromgenerationtogeneration.IhaveanexpressivesituationwhenIsawNorthangerAbbey：whenCatherineMorlandandMrsAllenjoinedtheballatthefirsttime,theydidn’tknowanyperson;butifnopersonorfatherrecommendedthemtoothers,theycan’ttalkwithanybody.Absolutely,thatisaseverelyrestrictionforwomen.(Ⅱ)TheincreasingofthewomenstatusAsweallknow,BritainwasthecountrywhichthefirstcarriedoutIndustrialRevolutionintheworld.AndJaneAustinlivedintheseyearsatthebeginningoftheIndustrialRevolution.IndustrialRevolutionnotonlyhadledtothesocialproductiveforce’s,butalsohadarousedsociallife’sallsides.WhileIndustrialRevolutionbroughtaboutpowerfulproductivity,ithadalsoarousedsociety,family’schange,allthesehadsignificanteffecttoBritainwoman.ThoughatIndustrialRevolution’sinitialperiod,mostwomanwereconfinedwithinthefamily,whatallofknowingtothemwasfew.Butbeaccompanyingtheindustrializationandthedevelopmentofpolitics’sdemocratization,alotofwomanhadbegantogooutoftheirfamilyandwalkedintotheexternalworld.Theyhadbecometheindependentlaborerandcouldearnedwagebythemselves.Intheprocesstheyhadbeenstrivingfortheequalrightwithmale,women’ssocialpositionalsoimproved.Austin’snovelappearedinthe19thcentury,opposedtheromanticismtrend,inheritedanddevelopedthe18thcenturyEnglishrealistictradition,andpreparedfortheclimaxofthe19thcenturyrealismfiction.Althoughherworks’reflectionwaslimitedinbreadthanddepth,butherworkplayedagoodroletochangethevulgarcultureinnovelcreation,andhadtheessentialmeaninginthehistoryofthedevelopmentofEnglishnovels.Inherhand,theheroinesbecamemoreandmorevivid,theirstatusandviewofmarriagewasrevealed.Nowadays,therearemoreandmorefemalewriter,andthestatusofwomenishigherandhigher.Withtheunremittingendeavorofhumanbeingsinhundredyears,thefemalestatusincreaseddaybyday.Today,lawsrecognizedthestatusoffemale,womenalsocanenjoytheinheritance,andgetmorejobopportunities.Eventhoughwomenhavenotobtainthecompletelywithmen,alongwiththedevelopmentofeconomicsandpoliticsandthegrowthoftheequalawarenessofwomenthemselves,itmustbecometrue.