The Attitude of Modern Women Towards Life from Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》英语论文.docx
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TheAttitudeofModernWomenTowardsLifefromPrideandPrejudice《傲慢与偏见》英语论文
TheAttitudeofModernWomenTowardsLifefromPrideandPrejudice
Abstract
PrideandPrejudicehasalwaysbeenregardedasoneofthemostclassiclovestoriesinBritishliterature.TheprotagonistofthismasterpieceElizabeth,hersistersandfriend’smarriageshavealwaysbeenthetopicofitscritics,audiencesandreaders.Inregardoftheirmarriagetherehadbeenmanydisputes.Someholdthepointofviewthattheirmarriagehelpedthemtoknowmoreaboutlifeandmadethemknowhowtopursuehappylife,whileothersthinkthattheyweretryingtokeepawayfrompovertybymarriage.Thisarticleattemptstokeepapartfromthesightsaboutmarriagesandhelpreadersanalyzethisnovelfromtheperspectiveoffeminismtoshedsomenewlightonit.ThisthesisalsotriestorevealtheoutlookofmodernwomentowardslifethroughanalysisoftheprotagonistofPrideandPrejudice—Elizabethandhersistersandfriends’differentattitudesinseveralaspectstowardlife.Themainpointsofthisarticlearefocusedonsomeofthemainfemalecharacters’attitudestowardsmarriageandmarriagelife,familyandfamilylife,andattitudestowardsmoneyandeducation,andalsothepositiveattitudestowardsdifficulties.Andthemostimportantoneisthepositiveattitudeofmodernwomentowardslifeandtheircouragewhentheyfacedifficultiesandthechallengesofreality.
Keywords:
FemaleIndependentLifeAttitudeDifficultyPrideandPrejudice
摘 要
《傲慢与偏见》历来都被认为是英国文学史上经典的爱情小说之一。
这部闻名遐迩的小说的主人公伊丽莎白以及其姐妹和朋友的婚姻始终是评论家、观众及读者评论、争议的对象。
关于她们的婚姻,人们众说纷纭,争议颇多。
有人认为是婚姻让她们更加懂得了生活,并懂得了如何去追求幸福生活;也有人认为她们只是在单纯的追求以婚姻来摆脱自己的困境。
这篇论文主要试图撇开大众的婚姻意识说法,从女性主义角度解读《傲慢与偏见》并赋予其新的观点。
同时也试图通过对《傲慢与偏见》的主人公伊丽莎白及其姐妹和朋友对待生活的几个不同态度的分析,来揭示现代女性对待生活的态度。
本文的出发点主要是文章中的几位具有代表性的女性对待婚姻和婚姻生活,家庭和家庭生活,以及物质和精神生活的态度;和她们面对困难时所表现出来的积极态度以及所表现出来的现代女性对待生活对态度和面对困难时的积极乐观的态度和敢于面对和接受现实的挑战,不怕艰难的勇气。
关键词:
女性独立生活态度困难傲慢与偏见
Contents
Introduction1
1.AuthorandHerNovel:
AGeneralReview2
1.1.TheAuthor2
1.2.TheNovel3
2.Women’sAttitudesTowardsLifeReflectedintheNovel3
2.1.TowardsMarriageandMarriageLife4
2.1.1.TowardsMarriage6
2.1.2.TowardsMarriageLife.7
2.2.TowardsFamilyandFamilyLife9
2.2.1.AsaMother9
2.2.2.AsaLabor10
2.3.TowardsDifficultiesandDifficultLife11
2.3.1.FacingDifficulties11
2.3.2.FacingDifficultLife12
3.Women’sAttitudesTowardsLifeEnlightenedfromtheNovel14
3.1.TowardsMoney14
3.2.TowardsEducation17
Conclusion18
Bibliography20
Introduction
“PrideandPrejudice”hasalwaysbeenstudiedathomeandbroad.Therealwayshavesomedifferentanalysisofseveralaspectsaboutwomen.Athome,ChenYanlingandLiulikunhavestudiedthewomen’sconsciousnessinAusten’snovel.In2008XiongYanfeiinJiangxiLantianCollegehasdoneadetailedanalysisaboutthesmallthemecreatedin“PrideandPrejudice”.SongWeiandJiangLianintheForeignLanguageCollegeofYanShanUniversityhavestudiedthemanifestationoffemalein“PrideandPrejudice”.TheartistcharmofAusten’sworksnotonlytoseebroadthingfromsmallthing,butalsodetailedtheordinarylivesandtheordinarypeopleinvividanddramaticinsimpleandhumorousway.(ChenYanling、LiuLikun,2007:
107-108)TheWellknownBritishwriterandcritiquesT.T.Kemblesaidthat,“JaneAustenwasacomedyartist”,andhebelievesthatsheisthesecondonlytoShakespeareinpurecomedyartist.(T.T.Kemble,1968:
120)ThomasMakeLai,thefamousBritishhistorian,poetandpoliticalcommentatorinnineteenthcentury,saidthat:
Ibelievethatthereadershavefoundoutthat“PrideandPrejudice”isthemasterpieceofAusten’sworks;Ithinktheirassessmentisfair.Thereasonthatmakeaworkbecomefamouswasnotthepraisesofcritics、thestudyofprofessorsandbeenusedastextbooksinschool,buttomakeallreadersgetfunandgeteducatedbyreadingthiswork.“Inmyownmind,PrideandPrejudicewasthemostsatisfactoryworkinallnovels”.Kemble’sopinionnotonlystandsforthescholarsandexperts’comments,butalsothevoiceofreadersaroundthisworld.(ZhuHong,1986:
105)
Thisarticleattemptstofindoutsomewomen’snewattitudestowardslifefrom“PrideandPrejudice”.Atthesametime,afteranalysisofthemainfemalecharacters’attitudestowardslife,suchasElizabeth,JaneandElizabeth’sbestfriendCharlotte,finallyfindoutmodernwomen’sattitudestowardslife.Theattitudestowardslifearereflectedinthefollowingthreepoints:
firstly,theattitudetowardlaboract;secondly,attitudetowardtheinternationalrelationshipsbetweenpeople;thirdly,theuseandevaluationofone’svalueinlife.Inthe21stcentury,modernwomen’sattitudestowardsfamilylife,lovelifeandmarriagelifehavechangedalot.Thisarticleattemptstoanalysismodernwomen’sattitudestowardsfamilylife,lovelifeandmarriagelifebystudying“PrideandPrejudice”.Elizabethwasnotonlythecharmingfemalecharacterin“PrideandPrejudice”,alsothemostfamousfemalecharacterin19thcentury’snovels.(GuoZhengnan,2001:
101)Herintelligent,witty,self-confidenceandself-esteemwerethesameasthewriter’s.HerluckyloveandperfectmarriagewasAustin’sdreamandalsomostwomen’sdream.(ZhangRun.ZhaoShuli,2008:
5)ThroughthestudyofElizabeth’scharacterandhermodernwomen’sattitudestowardslife,wecanfindoutmodernwomen’sattitudestowardslifeinthisworld.Thisarticleconsistsoffiveparts:
thefirstpartistheintroductionconsistsoffivecritics’commentsandopinions;andthesecondpartisageneralreviewabouttheauthorandhernovel;thethirdpartisthedetailedanalysisofwomen’sattitudestowardslifethatreflectedin“PrideandPrejudice”;lastbutnottheleast,thefouthpartisaboutmodernwomen’sattitudestowardslifeenlightenedfrom“PrideandPrejudice”;andthelastpartistheconclusionofthisarticle.
1.AuthorandHerNovel:
AGeneralReview
Accordingto“ConciseEncyclopaediaBritannica”,thestatement,Jane•Austenwas“thefirstrealisticportrayalofeverydaylife,ordinarypeopleinordinarynovelist.HerworkreflectedthelifeoftheBritishmiddle-classfamilylifecomedy,showingthe‘family’literarypossibilities.Sheexploredmanyyoungladiesfallinloveandgetmarriedfromtheprocessofself-discovery.Thisfocusonanalysisofthecharacterandtherelationshipbetweentheheroineandsocialpractices,thatmadehernovelgetridoftheeighteenthcenturytraditionandclosetomodernlife.Itisthismodern,coupledwithherwitandhumor,realismandcompassion,herelegantproseandaccuratestorystructure,madehernovelkeeplong-termattractiontoreaders.”
Austenwrittenherfirstnovel“firstimpression”intheageof21,andshedidnotgetthechancetopublishit.Tenyearslater,sherewritten“firstimpression”andchangeditsnamecalled“PrideandPrejudice”,finalygetpublished.“PrideandPrejudice”istheearlyworksofJaneAusten,writteninherhometownSteventon.
1.1.TheAuthor
JaneAustenwasbornatSteventon,Hampshire,in1775,thedaughterofaclergyman.AttheageofnineshewassenttoschoolwithhereldersisterCassandra,whowasherlifelongfriendandconfidante,butlargelytaughtbyherfather.Shebegantowriteforrecreationwhilestillinherteens.In1801thefamilymovedtoBath,thesceneofsomanyepisodeinherbooksand,afterthedeathofherfatherin1805,toSouthamptonandthentothevillageofChawton,nearAltoninHampshire.HeresheliveduneventfullyuntilMay1817,whenthefamilymovedtoWinchesterseekingskilledmedicalattentionforheri11health,butshediedtwomonthslater.SheisburiedinWinchesterCathedral.
Austen’ssatiricalartnotonlyshowedinsomecomedycharactersandcomedyplottreatment,butintegratedtheconceptofironyinthewholestory,andletrealitytolaughatpepole’ssubjectivefantacy.TheleadingmanDarcyin“PrideandPrejudice”initiallyaccountedthattheBennettfamilyhavesomanynegativefamilybackgrands,thedaughtersofBennettfamilywoulddifficultlygettingmarried.ButcontrarilyhemarriedElizabethatlast.TheleadingwomanElizabethin“PrideandPrejudice”,wasatthesamesituation,shehasswearednevertomarryDarcy,butfinallyshebrcomedMrs.Darcy.Mrs.Bennett,whomthemostridiculous“fool”inthenovel,thefirstsentenceinthenovelfinallybeenprovedtobethemostcorrectwords.Shesaid:
“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortune,mustbeinwantofawife”.Thisalternativebetweenridiculousand“truth”althoughwasfarawaybeyondgeneralsenseofrightandwrong,butitcorrectlyreflectstheauthor’sdeepthinkingoflife.
1.2.TheNovel
Feminismbecamearecognizedmovementintheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,butitdidn’taffectthelivesofmanywomenuntilthetwentiethcentury.“PrideandPrejudice”,byJaneAusten,isonebrilliantexampleofthis.Thefemalecharactersinthisbookhadlittlemoney,andfewfamilyconnections.Theyfacedserioussocialrestrictions,and,becauseofunwrittensocialrules,spentmostoftheirtimeinthecompanyofotherwomen.Therewerealsosocialexpectationsforupperclasswomen,concerningeverythingfromdresstolanguage.
Themainsubjectof“PrideandPrejudice”ismarriageinanacquisitivesociety.Theplotofthenovelisdrivenbyitsexaminationandsatireofthedifficultiestobefacedbyanyeligiblefemaleinpursuitofahusband.AustenmainlyconcentratesontherelationshipofElizabethandDarcy,keepingtherelationshipsofJaneandBindley,CharlotteandCollins,andWickhamandLydiainthebackground.
2.Women’sAttitudesTowardsLifeReflectedintheNovel
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