女权主义在傲慢与偏见中的体现论文.docx

女权主义在傲慢与偏见中的体现论文.docx

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女权主义在傲慢与偏见中的体现论文

Thefeminisminprideandprejudice

摘要：

随着社会的发展，女权问题越来越受关注。

性别平等是女权主义的基本要求。

这篇文章中即将探讨在当时的社会背景下女权主义在傲慢与偏见中是怎样体现的，用什么方式体现的。

通过这篇文章，给读者提供更多的女权主义信息，同时也对小说中的主人公有更深刻的理解。

论文主要由三部分组成。

第一部分主要介绍选题的主要动机，研究现状和研究方法，并提出自己的观点。

第二部分是论文的主体内容，其中包括：

女权主义发展简介；小说简介；分析小说中的女权主义。

第三部分是总结。

这部分主要是对自己的研究做一个总结，提出自己的成果和不足之处。

关键词：

女权主义：

社会背景：

主人公性格

Abstract:

withthedevelopmentofthesociety,thereisalsogrowingconcernaboutwomen'srightsissues.Equalityofsexisafundamentalgoaloffeminism.Thispaperattemptstohelpmorereaderstogetabetterunderstandingoffeminismandhowitisexpressedinthenovelbyexploringthebackgroundofnovel.Throughthisthesis,thereaderswillgetmoreinformationaboutfeminism,andgetfurtherunderstandingoftheprotagonistofthenovel.Thispaperconsistsofthreeparts.Thefirstpartisabriefintroductionofthemotiveofresearch,thehistoricalreviewsandthewaystoresearch,thenpresentthethesis’sview.Thesecondpartisthemaincontentofthethesis,includingintroductionofthefeminismandthenovel,thethesiswillanalyzethefeminisminthenovel.Thethirdpartistheconclusion.Thispartwillpresentsomeofthemajorfindingsofthisstudyanddeficiencies.

Keywords:

feminism;feminism;socialbackground;thecharacteristicsofprotagonist

1.Introduction

1.1SignificanceoftheResearch

Withthedevelopmentofthewomen’status,moreandmorewomenwanttogaintheequalrightstomen.Thereisalsogrowingconcernaboutwomen'srightsissues.Womenalsolookforwardtohavingtheequaltreatmentwiththemeninthecommunity.Asafemale,itisnecessarytoknowmoreaboutthefeminism,includingthedefinitionofthefeminismandthefeminismindifferenttime,especiallyinEngland.

Thispaperattemptstohelpmorereaderstogetabetterunderstandingoffeminismandhowitisexpressedinthenovelbyexploringthebackgroundofnovel.Throughtheresearch,thereaderscouldgetanewcomprehensiononfeminismatthattimeofAusten,andalloverthenation.Sothispaperwillmakethereadersunderstandthedevelopmentoffeminisminthaterabythedescriptionofthebackground.Thuspeoplewillgetafurtherunderstandingofthefeminismanditsprevailinginthenovel.Besides,thethesiswillhelpreaderstolearnmoreabouttheprotagonistofthenovel,Elizabeth.

1.2Historicalreviewsoftheresearch

Manyresearchers,bothathomeandabroad,paymuchattentiontothesignificanceofthefeminism.

FeminismisoriginatedinFrance.Thefeminismisdividedintothreebranchesoftheoryaccordingtotheprocessofdevelopment:

liberalfeminism,radicalfeminismandpostmodernfeminism（zuojinmei,shenfuying,2007）.Manyresearchersabroademphasizethewomen’srights,theoriginofthegenderdiscriminationandthewaystochangethissituation.SimonedeBeauvoirisanearlyfeminist,inherworkwomenandcreativity,Simonepointedout“womenareindependent”.Simoneclaimedthatapersonisnotborntobeawoman,butratherbecomesawoman（SimonedeBeauvoir,1949）.KateMillettandKateGrenvillearerepresentativesofradicalfeminists.Grenville’sworkdarkplacereflectsherradicalfeminismthoughts.AndMillettpointedoutthegenderdiscriminationshouldbeeliminated,andwomenhavethesamerightstogetjobsasthemen（KateMillett,1970）.FrenchfeministsHelenCixousputforward“Ecriturefeminine”（citedinzuojinmei,2007）.FrenchContemporaryfeministJuliaKristevaclaimedthattherealizationofwomen'srights,ontheonehand,isbasedontheimprovementoflegalsystem,ontheotherhand,itdependsonthechangeofpeople'sconcept.Thetraditionalcultureisthemainfactorforthissituation（citedinzuojinmei,2007）.

InChina,feminismmeansthatwomenfightforequalitywithmen.Equalityofsexisafundamentalgoaloffeminism,atthesametime,theresearchersclaimthatwomenshouldpaymoreattentiontoexpressself-value,andshowwomen'suniquecharm.ChineseresearcherzuojinmeiputstressontheElizabeth’scharacteristicsandthedescriptionofherspiritualworld.Elizabethisabrave,smartandbeautifulladyinthenovel.Inordertogetafreemarriageandlifestyle,shedaredtostruggleagainstthemalechauvinist.ShepointsoutElizabeth'scharacteristicsreflectstheauthor’sfeminismview（zuojinmei,2007）.

Tosumup,manyabroadresearchersemphasizethesocialbackgroundoffeminism,butpaylitterattentiontofigures’characteristics.Whileinchina,theresearchersputstressonthefigure’scharacteristicsanalysis.Inpresentthesis,itwillcombinethesocialbackgroundwiththefigure’scharacteristicstogether.

1.3creativeviewsabouttheresearch

Atthattime,FranceRevolutionexertedafar-reachingimpactonfeminism.OwingtotheinfluenceofFranceRevolution,feminismgetsafurtherdevelopment.Austen’snovelprideandprejudiceisbasedonthesocialbackgroundwhichdescribesanarrowrangeofsocietyandevents.Thisnovelreflectstheauthor’sthoughtsoffeminismthroughthedescriptionofthefigure’scharacteristics.So,severalviewswillbecreatedinthepaper.

Thethesiswilldealwithnotonlythefigure’scharacteristics,butalsothesocialbackground.Itcombinestheeraofauthor’slifewiththefigures.Throughtheresearch,readerswillunderstandthenovelandfeminismbetter.

1.4Themaincontentoftheresearch

Thispapergivesabriefintroductionoffeminismandthedevelopmentoffeminismwhichmainlyincludeswhatresearchershavedoneaboutthefeminismintheprideandprejudiceathomeandabroad.Thenthethesiswillgiveananalysisofthenovelandsocialbackground.Finallyaccordingtotheanalysisabove,aconclusionwillbedrawn.

2.Generalintroductionofthefeminism

Feminismisawordthatevokesdifferentimagesfordifferentpeople,someofwhicharecompletelycontrarytothepointandaimoffeministideology.Manyformsoffeminismexisttosuitmanydifferentformsofthought.Learnhowtounderstandthetypesoffeminismandeducateyourselfonthekeydifferencebetweenthem.Now,wewilllearnthegeneralknowledgeofthefeminism.

2.1Thedefinitionofthefeminism

Thereisnoonesingledefinitionoffeminism,especiallysincetherearesomemanybranchesthathavedevelopedrecentlyinfeministstudies.However,liberalfeminismhasbeendefinedasaphilosophybasedonthebeliefthatinequalityofwomenstemsfromthedenialofequalrightsandfromtheirlearnedreluctancetoexercisesuchrights.Bygeneraldefinition,feminismisaphilosophyinwhichwomenandtheircontributionsarevalued.Itisbasedonsocial,politicalandeconomicalequalityforwomen.Feminismisthebeliefthatwomenshouldhaveeconomic,political,andsocialequalitywithmen.Feministscanbeanyoneinthepopulation,men,women,girlorboys.Feminismcanalsobedescribedasamovement,arevolutionthatincludeswomenandmenwhowishtheworldtobeequalwithoutboundaries.Theseboundariesorblockadesarebetterknownasdiscriminationandbiasesagainstgender,sexualorientation,age,maritalstatusandeconomicstatus.Theywishtoseethegendergapandtheideathatmenaresuperiortowomendecreasedorevenabolished.Thetermfeminismalsoreferstoapoliticalmovementthatworkstogainsuchequality.Thismovementissometimescalledthewomen'sliberationmovementorwomen'srightsmovement.

Definingfeminismcancomeasquiteacomplicatedandhardtask,asitisessentiallywhateachpersonmakesofit–ingeneral,itisamovementworkingtoensurethateachwomaninvolvedinitcanmakeinformedchoicesabouttheirlivesregardlessofwhatchoicetheymake.Feminismisaboutchangingsociety,nottheactualperson–it'saboutstructuralchange,notindividualchange,butperhapsaboutwholesociety.

2.2Thecausesofleadingtothefeminism

Understandingofthecausesoffeminismcanhelpusbetterunderstandtheessenceoffeminism.Anditisnecessarytoustounderstandthereasons.

Duetotheimpactoftraditionalcultureandcustoms,women'ssocialstatushasbeenverylow.Manypeopleregardedwomenasinferiorasandlessimportantthanmen.Suchpeoplebelievedawoman'sproperplacewasinthehome.Womenhadbeengivena“fixedrole”allthetime.Theyweremadearesponsibilityoftheirhusbands,theirchild,andifnotmarried,theirfathers.Theywereacknowledgedascaregivers,andchildbearers,anddidnothavethesameopportunitiesorrightsasmen.Theyhavenorightstovote,accepteducation,andalsohavenorightstooptiontheirmarriage.Inoneword,theyarehavingnorightstochoicetheirlife.Thetraditionalcultureisoneofthereasonsthatwomenhavelowsocialstatus.

Whileeconomicbackwardnessalsoareasonthatleadstowomen'slowsocialstatus.WomenhavealoweconomicstatusOwingtothetraditionconceptthinkthatwomenareapartofmenandwomenareindependent.Women’ssocialroledeterminestheeconomicstatusofher.Atthattime,societyofferedfewopportunitiestowomentochoosefortheirlivesandtodecidethedestiny.So,womenwanttochangethissituationthatdeveloptheirselfabilitytolive.Feminismhaveproducewhenpeopleareawareofthissituationshouldchange.

2.3Thedevelopmentofthefeminism

Feminismhasalonghistory,ifwanttogetabetterunderstandingoffeminism,wemustunderstandthecourseofitsdevelopment.

2.3.1theoriginalofthefeminism

FeministsoriginatedintheWest.ThewordfeminismfirstappearedinFrance,meansthatwomen'sliberation,thelatterreachedtheU.S.,andincreasinglypopularinotherworld.IntheWest,thefirstreferstothepursuitofgenderequality,firstofallistostrivefortherighttovote.The20thcentury,20-30years,womeninWesterncountries,basical