傲慢與偏見論文提綱
摘要簡?奧斯丁的《傲慢與偏見》寫於1813年,壹直以來很受歡迎,並被廣泛閱讀。特定的歷史時代決定了那個時候的'人們對金錢非凡看重,影響波及婚姻觀念。在這篇文章裏面,書中大部分人物的婚姻選擇都用來作為典型,證實金錢體現他們的婚姻價值取向。
關鍵詞傲慢與偏見,金錢,婚姻價值取向,婚姻觀AbstractPrideandprejudiceisaverypopularnovelwrittenbyJaneAustenanditisreadwidelyallovertheworld。Itwaswrittenin1813。Thatspecifichistorytimedecidedthatpeopleatthattimetookmoneymuchmoreseriously,evenontheirmarriage。Inthispaper,themarriagecasesofmostcharactersinthebookweretakenastypicaltoanalyzehowmoneyinfluencedtheirmatrimonialvalueorientation。
KeywordsPrideandprejudice,money,matrimonialvalueorientation,marriage
Introduction
PrideandPrejudiceisthemostenduringlypopularnovelwrittenbyJaneAusten。Ittalksabouttrivialmattersoflove,marriageandfamilylifebetweencountrysquiresandfairladiesinBritaininthe18thcentury。Theplotisverysimple。Thatishowtheyoungladieschoosetheirhusbands。Someonesaidthat?ElizabethBennet,theprotagonistofthenovel,flatlyrejectedWilliamCollins?proposal,whoistheheirofherfather?spropertyandmanor,andrefusedthefirstproposalfromtheextremelywealthynoblemanFitzwilliamDarcylater,?(1)allthismakesitclearthatElizabeth?seeksnofamenorfortune,butself-improvementandhighmentaloutlook。?(1)It?sright。FromtheviewpointofAusten,Elizabeth?smarriage,whofinallymarriesDarcy,aswellasJane-Bingley?s,composingmoneyandlove,istheidealmarriagepeopleshouldafter。Butinothermarriagecasesinthisnovel,wecanseethatifmoneyandlovecan?tbeheldtogetherinonemarriage,lovewouldalwaysmakeaconcessiontomoneybecauseofthespecialsocialbackground。Afterreadingthroughthewholebook,wewillfindthatmoneyactsasthecauseofeachplotandtheclueofitsdevelopment。Itaffectseverybody?swordsanddeeds,evenElizabethBennet。TonyTanneroncesaid,?JaneAusten,aswellasotherauthors,isveryclearthatnofeelingcouldbeextremelypureandnomotivecouldbedefinitelysingle。Butaslongasitispossible,weshouldmakeitclearthatwhichfeelingormotiveplaystheleadingrole。?(2)
SocialBackground
ThestoryofPrideandPrejudicetookplaceinthetimeoftheRegencyinBritain。Atthattime,BritainwasattheperiodoftransitionfromtheearlierstageofCapitalismtoCapitalistIndustrialization。Inthecountryside,thearistocraticfamilystillheldgreatpowerandrightthatcountrysquireswerelikelytofawnuponthem。However,asthedevelopmentofCapitalismandtheexpandoftherankofrichpeople,thedistinctionbetweensocialstratawasbecomingsmallerandsmaller,whilemoneywasgettingmoreandmoreimportantinpeople?smindaboutsocialvalue。Awesternliteraturecriticoncesaidthat?evenDavidRicardo(aBritisheconomist)hadaunlikelyclearerunderstandingaboutthefunctionofmoneyindailylifeasJaneAustenhad。?(3)Itisexactlybecauseofthesecurepledgeinfinancethatthecountrysquiresocietycouldbeexistingstronglyandsolidly。
Thefirstsentenceofthewholenovelproclaims,?Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife。?(4)Here,?agoodfortune?and?inwantof?aretwokeyphrases。?inwantof?meansitisneededobjectively,butnotsubjectively。
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