《名利场》中爱情观的对比研究_英语论文

A Contrastive Study on the Concepts of Love in Vanity Fair

摘要

《名利场》是英国十九世纪杰出的批判现实主义小说家萨克雷的一部重要作品。小说围绕丽贝卡·夏普和艾米利亚·赛得利的命运展开。女冒险家丽贝卡外表妖媚，处心积虑妄想改变自己的生活，视爱情为儿戏，结果夫离子散。而维多利亚天使艾米利亚外表柔弱，心地善良，尊重爱情，最终获得幸福。通过对两位女主人公的爱情观的对比研究，笔者得出她们所持有的截然不同的爱情观是当时社会的产物这一结论,同时进一步指出现实生活中的“追梦人”应采取正当的手段大胆追寻属于自己的梦想。

关键词：《名利场》；丽贝卡·夏普；艾米利亚·赛得利；爱情

Abstract

Vanity Fair has been known as the masterpiece of William Makepeace Thackeray who is an excellent novelist of critical realism in England in the 19th century. The novel revolves around the fates of Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Rebecca, a woman adventurer, looks seductive and has been trying her best to change her life who regards love as a game and finally loses her husband and her son, while the Victorian angel Amelia looks weak, good-natured who respects love and gain happiness ultimately. By studying the concepts of love of the two heroines, the author reaches the conclusion that their completely opposite concepts of love is the product of the society and furthermore aims at revealing that the dreamers in modern society should take appropriate measures to pursue their dreams bravely.

Key words: Vanity Fair; Rebecca Sharp; Amelia Sedley; love