On Jane Austen’s Views of Marriage in Sense and Sensibility 论简•奥斯汀在《理智与情感》中的婚姻观.doc

论简?奥斯汀在《理智与情感》中的婚姻观 On Jane Austen’s Views of Marriage in Sense and Sensibility Acknowledgements I would like to thank all those who have given me their generous help, commitment and enthusiasm, which have been the major driving force to complete the current paper. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Also, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who have given me help during the difficult course of the thesis. 摘要 简?奥斯汀（1775-1817）是英国文学史上杰出的现实主义小说家。其中，奥斯汀出版的第一部小说——《理智与情感》，属于奥斯汀最富于幽默情趣的作品之一。在这部小说中，奥斯汀生动地描写了现实与理想、理智与情感之间的冲突。她始终强调，在婚姻和爱情上，人们只有谨慎从事，才会得到幸福，或者至少是成功；感情用事，往往只会带来痛苦，而不会有理想的结果。 本文透过《理智与情感》创作的时代背景，并结合奥斯汀本人的经历，把文章共分为了六个部分。第一部分是对作者和有关小说的当前研究作了简短的介绍；第二部分是对《理智与情感》的社会历史分析；第三部分描写了奥斯汀及小说中不同人物表达的婚姻观；第四部分探讨了奥斯汀婚姻观形成的社会及个人原因；第五部分是《理智与情感》中婚姻观的现实意义即一定的局限性；最后一部分是对整篇文章的总结。 关键词：奥斯汀；婚姻；理智；情感 Abstract Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an outstanding novelist of realism in the history of English literature in nineteenth-century. Sense and Sensibility, the first novel she published, is one of her most humorous works rich in fun. In this work, Austen has shown vividly the conflict between reality and ideals, sense and sensibility. She has stressed that in the field of marriage and love, people who only act with prudence, will be happy, or at least succeed; being emotional will cause pain, rather than lead to the desired results. The whole thesis consists of six parts, based on the background of time when the author created Sense and Sensibility, and combined with Austen’s own experiences. The first part will give a brief introduction of the author, and some researches on the novel from different aspects. And the second part is going to give a sociohistorical analysis of Sense and Sensibility. In