An Analysis on Jane Eyre from the Perspective of Feminist从女性主义的角度分析《简爱》

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从女性主义的角度分析《简爱》

An Analysis on Jane Eyre from the Perspective of

Feminist

摘要

十九世纪英国女作家夏洛蒂.勃朗特的作品《简爱》因其独特的思想内容和表现手法，一直被看作是英国文学的经典之作。自从作品问世以来，一直受到文学评论界的关注。尤其是作品中对女性独立与平等的追求，使得小说中女主人公简爱的形象负载了西方妇女在19世纪开始觉醒的女性意识。英国文学不乏叛逆女性的形象，但像简爱那样卑微、平凡、孤苦无依而又相貌平平的“弱势”女性，如此自觉地对抗强大的父权社会，算是空前的。

此篇论文从女性主义的角度出发，通过对作品中女主人公简爱的分析，揭示小说中所反映的维多利亚时期女性性别意识的觉醒和当时女性的社会地位。在维多利亚时期女性地位得到了提高，女性意识得到了发展，但是仍然受到社会等级和社会地位的限制。但总体来说，随着时代的发展，女性地位和女性意识都得到了不同程度的提高。

关键词：简爱；夏洛蒂.勃朗特；女性主义；平等和自由

Abstract

Charlotte Bronte is an outstanding woman writer in the 19th century English literature, her work Jane Eyre has been regarded as the classics of the English literature due to its unique content and way of expression. Since the work has been published, it has attracted the attention of the literary critics. Especially the pursuit of female independence and equality, making the heroines of Jane's image loads the Western women's awakening of feminist consciousness in the 19th century. There is no lack of the image of rebellious women in English literature, but like Jane Eyre, as humble, ordinary, plain but who have no “minority” women, so consciously against the strong patriarchal society, be regarded as unprecedented.

This paper reveals the wake of the gender conscious and the social position of women in Victorian period through the analysis of the heroine from the feminist perspective. The status of women in the Victorian period has improved by the development of female consciousness, but still affected by social class and social status.

Key words: Jane Eyre；Charlotte Bronte; female; equality; freedom

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................... I 摘要................................................................................................................................................ II Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... III Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... I V Chapter 1 Introduction .. (1)

1.1 Social Background (1)

1.2 Motivations and Objectives (1)

Chapter 2 Literature Review (3)

2.1 The Definition of Feminism (3)

2.2 Research Background (4)

2.3 Historical Views (4)

Chapter 3 Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre (6)

3.1 Charlotte Bronte (6)

3.1.1 Personal Experience of Charlotte Bronte (6)

3.1.2 Charlotte Bronte's Position in Literary History (7)

3.2 Jane Eyre (7)

3.2.1 The Plot Overview of Jane Eyre (7)

3.2.2 The Theme of Jane Eyre (8)

3.2.3 Literary Value of Jane Eyre (9)

Chapter4 the Rising of Jane Eyre's Female Consciousness (10)

4.1 Gateshead-beginning of Female Consciousness (10)

4.2 Lowood- Growing of Female Consciousness (11)

4.3 Thornfield-Uprising of Female Consciousness (11)

Chapter 5 Pursuit of Equality and Freedom (13)