A COMPARISON OF Pride and Prejudice AND Jane Eyre FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF FEMINISM
摘 要
本文首先简单介绍了简·奥斯丁和她的作品《傲慢与偏见》，夏洛蒂和她的作品《简·爱》；然后从女性观角度分析、比较这两部作品，从小说中女性意识的体现和局限性找到两位作者女性观的共同点, 从两性关系和爱情婚姻观这两方面着手研究她们女性观的不同之处；最后分析了造成这两部作品女性观差异的成因，把这两部作品体现的女性观的不同归因于各自作者不同的社会背景和家庭背景，并认为这两部作品在一定程度上反映了作者所处的社会现实、女性地位和女性观，而她们的不同正说明了随着时代的发展，女性观和女性地位逐渐提高的过程。
关键词：女性观；平等；爱情；婚姻；独立
ABSTRACT
This paper first briefly introduces Jane Austen and her work Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte and her Jane Eyre. And then analysis and comparison of the two works are made from the perspective of feminism. It finds they have something in common in the representation of feminism and both have their limitations. Different opinions on gender relationship and their views on love and marriage are analysed as well. Finally, this paper makes an inquiry into the reasons for their differences from two perspectives. It can be concluded that their differences are a combined result of the different social and family backgrounds of the two writers. In short, both works reflect the social realities, women’s position and feminism in the certain period their writer were in to some extent. The comparison presents improvement of feminism and women's position with the passage of time.
Keywords：feminism; equality; love; marriage; independence
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Brief introduction of two authors and their works 2
2.1 Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice in brief 2
2.2 Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre in brief 3
3. The feminism in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre 5
3.1The representation of feminism in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre 5
3.1.1 Values of the gender equality 5
3.1.2 The new interpretation of love and marriage 6
3.1.3 Resistance of reality 7
3.2 The feminism limitations in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre 8
4. The different view of feminism in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre 9
4.1 Gender relationship 9
4.1.1 Value of female 9
4.1.2 Educational and economic independence 10
4.2 Love and marriage 12
4.2.1 The essence of love and its dominant role 12
4.2.2 The value of marriage 13
5. The Reasons for the differences between Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre 15
5.1 The differences in social background 15
5.2 The differences in family background 16
6．Conclusion 18
Acknowledgements 19
References 20
