傲慢与偏见英语论文

傲慢与偏见英语论文

本科生毕业论文

中文题目:浅析简奥斯汀在《傲慢与偏见》中的婚姻观

英文题目: On Jane Austin’s Attitude Toward

Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

学号: 20111801310005 姓名:

年级和班级: 2011级英语1班

学院: 外国语学院

系别: 英语

专业: 英语

指导教师:

完成日期: 2015 年 4 月 27 日

Acknowledgments

During the past several months of writing this thesis, many

people have given me great support and inspiration. Without

their encouragement and help, this thesis could not have been

completed so smoothly.

First and foremost, my genuine thanks should be given to

my supervisor, professor, Xing Hong, for her generosity in

spending her time giving me valuable instruction in the selection

of translated materials. She made format and language

corrections, gave precious suggestions and refined some ideas in

my paper, without her supervising and urging, this thesis would

not have achieved its present form.

Over the course of writing this thesis, I would also express

my thanks to all the teachers who taught me during the four

years’ study. It is with the assistance of these teachers that I

have finished my thesis; it is from them that I have learned the

meticulous scholarship that will benefit me all life. Last but not least, I would like to take this opportunity to

acknowledge the support and encouragement from my friends

who stand by me for their assistance in stuff collection and

suggestions leading to the success of this thesis. I am more than

grateful to my parents for their continuous love for so many years

and their support and encouragement.

Abstract

Pride and prejudice is a very popular novel written by Jane

Austen and it is read widely all over the world. The novel

described four marriages about middle class in 18th century in

Britain and disclosed different ideas in front of different people.

It was written in 1813. That specific history time decided that

people at that time took money and social status much more

seriously, even on their marriage. In this paper, the marriage

cases of most characters in the book were taken to analyze how

money and social status influenced their matrimonial value

orientation. And it tells us a truth, love and marriage is closely

associated with property and society，but love and marriage can

not only be decided by the property and social status. An ideal

marriage should be based on mutual affection and respect and

the marriage should be built on love.

Keywords: Pride and Prejudice; love; money; class; value

orientation

摘要

《傲慢与偏见》是简奥斯丁写的一部非常受欢迎的小说，并被世界各地广泛阅读。这部小说主要描述了十八世纪在英国中产阶级的四种婚姻类型,揭示了不同人眼中不同的婚姻观。这部小说写在1813，特定的历史时代决定了那个时候的人们对金钱和社会地位看得非常重要，甚至在他们的婚姻中也是如此。在本文中，大部分人物的婚姻案件被作为典型案例，以此来分析金钱和社会地位如何影响他们的婚姻价值取向。告诉我们一个道理：恋爱婚姻与财产和社会地位相互关联，但恋爱婚姻不能仅取决于财产和社会地位,正确的婚姻应当建立在相互爱慕、相互尊重和爱情的基础上。

关键字：傲慢与偏见；爱情；金钱；阶级；价值取向

Contents

Acknowledgments (i)

Abstract (ii)

摘要 (iii)

Contents .......................................................................................................................................... i v

1. Introduction (1)

2. Social Background (2)

2.1 The analysis of Elizabeth’s character (3)

3. Elizabeth’s views on marriage (4)

3.1The most realistic marriage—Charlotte’s marriage (4)

3.2The most ridiculous marriage—Lydia’s marriage (5)

3.3The most happy marriage—Jane’s marriage (6)

3.4The most admirable marriage—Elizabeth’s marriage (7)

4.How does the novel’s matrimonial value orientation

influence today’s marriages? (9)

4.1 Factors of influence (9)

4.1.1 Money (10)

4.1.2 Social Class (10)

4.1.3 Love (11)

4.2 Impact on nowadays (11)

5. Conclusion (12)

References (13)

1. Introduction

Jane Austen (1775-1817) is often viewed as the greatest of

the English women realistic novelists in the 19th century. Her greatness lies in her ability to stimulate readers to supply what is

not there and expand a trifle in our mind and endow with the

most enduring form of life scenes. Jane Austen wrote only six

complete novels. Pride and Prejudice is the most enduringly

popular novel written by her. It talks about trivial matters of love,

marriage and family life between country squires and fair ladies

in Britain in the 18th century. The plot is very simple, which tells

us how the young ladies choose their husbands. Someone said

that “Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the novel, flatly

rejected William Collins’ proposal, who was the heir of her

father’s property and manor, and refused the first proposal

from the extremely wealthy nobleman Fitzwilliam Darcy later,”

all this makes it clear that Elizabeth “seeks no fame nor fortune,

but self-improvement and high mental outlook.” It’s right.

From the view point of Austen, Elizabeth’s marriage, who finally

marries Darcy, as well as Jane-Bingley’s, composing money and