《英语教育专业毕业论文-A COMPARISON OF THE WOMAN IMAGE BETWEEN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND JANE EYRE》.doc

PAGE PAGE 24 A COMPARISON OF THE WOMAN IMAGE BETWEEN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND JANE EYRE Name: Zhang Xiaoang Major: English Education(英语教育) Grade: 2007 (Class 8) College: College of Foreign Languages Date: May15th，2011 Tutor: Cui Chunhua Abstract: The focus of this thesis is the two well-known female roles, Jane and Elizabeth, Jane comes from Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, and Elizabeth from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. They have not only many similar qualities but also have different personalities, one of which is that the two women have different experience of struggling to gain the female economic and spritual independence in patriarchal society. By comparing their different social status, family backgrounds, attitudes towards marriage and love, this thesis aims to explore the reasons of causing the two different experience between the two female roles and how did the backgrounds of that period which the novels in influnced women and their struggle spirits. In addition, the two novels not only describe the differences between the two women, but also compare the two autors’ differences, to present their womanism, and their different view of marriage and love. For exmaple, Jane Austen emphasizes of the females’ loves and marriages are limited by the economic conditions but Carlotte Bronte deemes that marriage should be based on the equality of the spirit and the soul. Key Words: Jane Eyre, Elizabeth, attitude of love, attitude of marri-age, different points 摘要 本文关注的是文学史上两个杰出的女性角色-简爱和伊莉莎白。其中简爱出自夏洛蒂?勃朗特的《简爱》，伊莉莎白出自简?奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》，简爱和伊莉莎白有许多相似的优秀品质也有很多不同点，主要表现为两位女主角在男权社会中争取女性经济和精神独立过程中有着不同的奋斗经历。本文欲通过比较简爱和伊莉莎白不同的社会地位，家庭背景和她们对于婚姻及爱情的态度，来探讨造成两段经历不同的原因，及当时小说所处的时代背景对女性地位及女性奋斗抗争精神的影响。此外，本文不仅阐述了小说中两位女性的不同之处，而且还通过比较两部作品的作者-夏洛蒂?勃朗特与简?奥斯汀对待爱情婚姻及女性的态度不同之处，来展现作家的女权主义思想，以及对待婚姻爱情不同的观点，比如，简?奥斯汀强调经济状况对女性爱情和婚姻的限制而夏洛蒂?勃朗特则认为婚姻必须建立在精神灵魂平等的条件下。 关键词：简爱；伊莉莎白?； 爱情观?； 婚姻观?；不同点 Contents TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l _Toc293324679 Chapter One Introduction PAGEREF _Toc293324