简爱和林黛玉的爱情观的比较研究_英语论文

A Comparative Study on the Concepts of Love in Jane Eyre and Lin Daiyu 

摘要

曹雪芹在十八世纪创作的《红楼梦》和夏洛蒂·勃朗特在十九世纪创作的《简·爱》是中外文学史上两部不朽的著作。这两部作品自从出生之日，就吸引了一批文学喜好者的眷恋，它们对后世的文学创作起到了深远的影响。而最感动我们的是这两部作品中的女性人物：简·爱和林黛玉。她们的出身相似都是父母双亡，都是过着寄人篱下俯仰他人的生活；她们的性情也有类似的地方，都有着独行的思维和宝贵的反抗精神。但是，她们在看待生活的立场却有着很大的差异，终究两人的命运也因此而有分歧。《红楼梦》的女主人公林黛玉和《简.爱》的女主人公简.爱是中国和西方文学具有叛逆精神的女性形象。本文将分析和比较两人的性格特点和爱情观。在小说中她们的女性自我意识的觉醒,反抗不公的命运得到受到人们广泛的赞美。虽然他们的爱情结局大相径庭,但仍有积极的意义体现在现代哲学中。

关键词：生活态度; 爱情; 自尊; 反叛精神

Abstract

In the eighteenth Century, Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions and Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre, which is the two immortal works in literature history. Since the advent of these two works, they had attracted a large number of readers to show great concern about them. The two masterpieces have played a far-reaching impact on literature. And we are moved by the female characters of Jane Eyre and Lin Daiyu in the two novels. Their origins were similar and both their parents passed away respectively, they also had similar places in their lifestyles. However, their attitudes towards life varied greatly. Consequently, their fates were greatly different too. Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre have been described as the rebellious female images in the Chinese and Western literature. This paper made an analysis into their personal characters and their concepts of love. In the novels, their female self-consciousness are awakening and their fates of the struggle against injustice were displayed which won the praise from people. Although their love endings are widely varied but still have a positive enlightenment on modern philosophy of life.

Key words: Attitude toward Life; Love; Self-Respect; Rebellious Spirit