Abstract:

Jane Austen is one of the most outstanding authoresses in Britain during the end of 18th century to the beginning of 19th century. In most of her works, she mainly described the family life of squires and the love and marriage between young people because she was born in a small rural town. Although there is not too much big social conflict in her works, we can find the social moral standards and values of that time by reading the details of daily life in her works.
Through the unique observation of woman and detailed description of characters, Jane Austen creates some women who are intelligent, thoughtful and have distinctive personalities. In Sense and Sensibility, the first published novel of Jane Austen, she describes the life and love experiences of Elinor and Marianne by focusing on comparing the different personalities between the two sisters. However, because of their contrary personalities，it is difficult to analyze the images of the two sisters accurately. Thus different readers have different opinions to the two sisters.
This thesis analyses the image of Marianne in Sense and Sensibility from the viewpoint of feminism. The thesis consists of four parts. The first part gives a brief introduction to the author and the social background, as well as the main plot of Sense and Sensibility and the protagonist of this paper, Marianne. The second part analyses influence of feudal ideology on Marianne. Combining with the words and behaviors of Marianne, the second part also analyses the image of Marianne from the feminist perspectives. The third part shows the distinctive feminist character of Marianne by briefly listing other characters and comparing them with Marianne. The last part is the conclusion of the whole thesis. It summarizes the feminist thoughts showed by Marianne and what can we learn from her.

Keywords: Sense and Sensibility; Jane Austen; Marianne; feminism

摘  要：

简奥斯汀是18世纪末19世纪初英国最杰出的女作家之一。由于出生在英国的一个乡村小镇，她的作品主要是以描写乡绅的家庭生活以及年轻男女的婚姻爱情为主，虽然她的作品中没有太大的社会矛盾冲突，但通过细细品读书中人物的语言和日常生活细节，却能体会到当时社会的道德标准及价值观。
通过女性独特的观察视角和细致的人物描写，简奥斯汀的作品塑造了一批性格鲜明，富有智慧善于思考的女性形象。《理智与情感》是简奥斯汀首次出版的小说，书中主要围绕埃莉诺与玛丽安之间性格差距对比，描写了姐妹两的生活和爱情经历。正由于两人的性格相反，使得从女性主义角度如何来正确解读两人的形象有了一定的难度，因此不同的读者对这两个女性人物各有见解。
本文将从女性主义角度来详细解读书中玛丽安的人物形象。本文分为四部分。第一部分简要介绍作者和她所处的时代背景，以及《理智与情感》的主要情节和本篇论文的主人公玛丽安。第二部分分析父权社会对玛丽安的各方面影响，从女性主义角度，结合玛丽安在书中的行为举止及她的婚姻爱情观，来分析玛丽安的人物特色。第三部分简要列举了书中一些其他人物形象，并与玛丽安进行对比，从而更加鲜明的体现玛丽安这一形象中所体现出的独特的女性主义色彩。第四部分是对本文的总结，总结玛丽安所体现出的女性主义思想以及从她身上的所学。

关键词：《理智与情感》；简奥斯汀；玛丽安；女性主义