Abstract

Jane Austen is one of the greatest representatives of English realistic female novelists in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The consideration about women’s merit can be found in her works, which is the most distinguished feature of her works. Sense and sensibility is her first published novel in which Austen voices her pursuit of ideal marriage. In this novel, Austen uses many various narrative writing skills to express her anti-tradition feelings toward the low status and unfair treatment to female. In terms of narrative content, she chooses private narrative to complete the dramatic plot of this novel. Different from the male writing tradition, Austen puts women in the center of her novel sense and Sensibility to describe their daily life. Austen does not convey her attitude straightly. In this way of writing, the narrator does not make communication with the ordinary readers. Although the fact is that she uses covert narrator voice to tell the story, it does not mean that she loses the author’s authority.
    The thesis interprets Sense and Sensibility from the perspective of narrative strategies. It consists of four chapters. Chapter one introduces the author, the plot and theme of the novel, and makes literature review in domestic and overseas briefly. Chapter two reviews the theory and development of narratology. Chapter three looks at the narrative structure of this novel and narrative voice employed in this novel. The last one is a summary of the whole thesis.

Key words:  Jane Austen  Sense and Sensibility  Narratology  Narrative strategies

摘要

简.奥斯丁是18世纪至19世纪最具代表性的英国现实主义女性小说家之一。她的作品最与众不同的特点就是对女性价值的思考和挖掘。《理智与情感》是她第一部出版的小说，书中，奥斯丁表达了她对理想婚姻的追求与向往。在这部小说里，奥斯丁运用了大量不同的叙事策略来表达她对女性社会地位低下及其所受到的不公平对待的反传统思想。关于叙事内容，她选择用私人叙事来完成小说戏剧性的情节。与男性写作传统所不同的是，奥斯丁把女性作为《理智与情感》的主人公来描写。奥斯丁并没有直接阐述她的观点，叙述者和读者之间没有任何的交流，尽管事实上是她选择了间接叙述声音来叙述这个故事，但并不意味着她失去了作者权威。
本论文从叙事策略角度对小说进行解读。论文主要分为四个章节:第一章简要介绍作者、作品及其主题，总结国内外学者对该部作品的研究现状。第二章是回顾叙事学的理论和发展。第三章通过对这部小说的叙事结构和叙事声音进行分析。第四章则是对全文的总结。

关键词:简.奥斯丁；《理智与情感》；叙事学；叙事策略