从浪漫走向现实的新型女性-《理智与情感》中玛丽安的人物分析_英语论文

A New Female from Romantic to Realistic——Analysis of Marianne in Sense and Sensibility

摘要

简奥斯汀是19世纪英国富有天赋的作家,同时也是文学史上最有影响力的女作家。到目前为止,他已经发表了许多杰出的作品。在这些作品中，《理智与情感》的发表取得了巨大的成功，并且赢得了广大读者的肯定。这部作品的主题主要是从女性的角度来看待爱情和婚姻。弗吉尼亚伍尔夫称赞她是“最完美的女作家”。

这部小说主要讲述了出生在一个英国乡绅家庭的姐妹俩埃诺莉和玛丽安娜，姐姐善于用理智来控制情感，妹妹的情感却毫无节制，因此面对爱情时，她们作出了不同的反映和选择。这篇论文着重分析玛丽安的性格，去探究是哪些事情让她从浪漫走向了世俗。小说根据这两姐妹不同的性格，通过对比，“理智”与“情感”被呈现出来。

关键词：简奥斯汀；《理智与情感》；婚姻；感情

Abstract

Jane Austen is a gifted British writer in the 19th century, as well as one of the most influential women writers in literary history. She has published a lot of excellent works so far, among which Sense and Sensibility published receives the greatest success and wins affirm from many readers. The theme of her works is mainly about love and marriage from the view of female. Virginia Woolf also called her “the most perfect artist among women”.

This novel describes the story of Elinor and Marianne, the two sisters, who were born in a gentleman family in English country, the elder sister is good at using sense to control emotions, but the little sister’s feelings are often without restraint, so in the face of love, they made different reflections and choices. In this thesis, I will put emphasis on Marianne’s character, to find out what has made her change from romantic to realistic. This novel according to the two sister’s different character, through the comparison, “sense” and “sensibility” are put forward. 

Key Words: Jane Austen  Sense and Sensibility  marriage  emotion