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PINGDINGSHANUNIVERSITY

毕业论文

题目:

ThePerfectMatchOrdainedbyFate

—OnRealisticFeasibilityofRomancebetweenJaneEyreandMr.Rochester

院系:

外国语学院

专业年级:

2008级英语专业

姓名:

吴丽

学号:

081020124

指导教师:

马慧莲（副教授）

2012年4月30日

Thesis:

ThePerfectMatchOrdainedbyFate

—OnRealisticFeasibilityofRomancebetweenJaneEyreandMr.Rochester

佳偶天成

—浅析简·爱和罗彻斯特浪漫爱情的现实可行性

SchoolorDepartment:

CollegeofForeignLanguages

GradeandSpecialty:

2008,EnglishLanguageandLiterature

Name:

WuLi

Advisor:

MaHuilian（AssociateProfessor）

April30,2012

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Abstract

JaneEyreisanovelwithloveasitstheme.It’sknowntoallthatartcopieslifebutinamoreabstractwaythanthetypicalway.Nodoubt,inJaneEyretherearelotsofromanticcolors,amongwhichtheloveandmarriagebetweenJaneEyreandRochesteristhemostenchantingone.Romanticastheirloveis,thisthesisaimsatdiscussingitsrealisticfeasibilityofthelovebetweentheheroineandthehero:

therighttimeandtherightplacemakethetwomeetandloveeachother.Theyaretheperfectmatchordained.

Keywords:

feasibility;righttime;rightplace;rightperson

摘要

《简爱》是一部以爱情为主题的小说。

众所周知，艺术源于现实但也高于现实。

《简爱》无疑是一部具有浓厚浪漫主义色彩的小说。

主人公简爱和罗彻斯特的爱情和婚姻更为人所津津乐道。

本文拟从三个方面论证其男女主角浪漫爱情背后的现实可行性：

合适的时间，合适的地点使两人相遇相恋，他们是佳偶天成。

关键词:

现实可行性；合适的时间；合适的地点；合适的人

TableofContents

Abstract i

摘要 ii

TableofContents iii

Chapter1Introduction 1

Chapter2LiteraryReview 3

Chapter3FeasibilityDeterminedbytheRightTime 5

3.1Rochester’sStandardsinChoosingaWifebeforeJane 5

3.2TheirMeetingtobeMissedIfJaneInheritstheLegacy 6

3.3TheMatchMeetingattheRightTime 7

3.3.1RochesterMeetsJaneatHisRightTime 7

3.3.2JaneMeetsRochesteratHerRightTime 8

Chapter4FeasibilityDeterminedbytheRightPlace 10

4.1Thornfield,aCompletelyNewandAttractivePlacetoJane 10

4.2Thornfield,BothaBlessingandHeartbreakingPlaceforJaneandRochester 11

Chapter5FeasibilityDeterminedbyTheirComplementaryCharacter 13

5.1Rochester,FascinatedbyJane’sInnerWorkings 13

5.2Jane,AttractedbytheCharmofRochester’sCharacter 14

5.3TheSpirituallyEqualMatch 15

Chapter6Conclusion 17

Bibliography 18

Acknowledgements 19

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ThePerfectMatchOrdainedbyFate—OnRealisticFeasibilityofRomancebetweenJaneEyreandMr.Rochester

Chapter1Introduction

OfallVictorianliterarynamesnonehassoproveditspowertoexcitecuriosity,stirdramaticimaginations,andevokechatterandpersonaldiscussion,ashasthenameofBronte.AmongthefourimpressivenovelsCharlottewrites,JaneEyreprovestobethemostenduring.

OntheGlobalissuesofliterarycriticismBronteLiterature,JaneEyrehasbeenoneofmostconcernedworksbyscholarsfromvariouscountries.Sincethepublicationofthemagazine“Woman”in1917whichintroducedBrontesisterstoChinesereadersthefirsttime,JaneEyrehasbeenwarmlywelcomebytheagesofChinesereadersandscholars,andcriticismofWesternliteratureinChinahasbecomeahottopicinthattime.TracingcriticismonJaneEyrehistoryinchina,duringthepasthundredyears,itisinthecurrentsurging.

“Marxism,feminism,andChristianculturalstudies,literarycriticismandothernarrativetheoriesfromtheperspectiveoftheirtheoryofJaneEyrehavemadeacertaindepthofresearch,which,undoubtedly,haveachievedalotofusefulresultsinChineseandforeignliteraturehistory.JaneEyrewaswritteninthe1940s,withtheglobaldemocracy,freedom,equality,civilrightsmovementongoing.Notonlythepeoples’classconsciousnesswasawakening,butwomen’ssenseofequalitywithmenwasgraduallyself-awaring.ThenintheliterarycriticismFeministtheoryfollowed.BecauseJaneistherepresentativesoftherebelliousspiritoftheliteraturewithastrongfemalecharacterinBritishliteraryhistory,manydomesticandforeignscholarshavecriticizedthetextfromthefeministperspective.”（LiuYan,2011:

5）Ofcoursetherearesomescholarshavingmadetheirresearchesfromtheperspectiveoflove.ButtheyalwaysfocusonJane’svisionoflove.SometalkaboutwhytheplainandpoorJanecangaintheloveofRochester,payingmuchattentiontothecharmsofJane’scharacters.Sothesestudiesaremostlyone-wayviewtostudythetext,splittingthetexttopieces.

ThemainfocusofthisthesisistodiscusstherealisticfeasibilityofromancebetweenJaneEyreandMr.Rochester.ThedifferenceofthisthesisisthatitstudiesnotonlyJane’scharmingcharacterbutalsosomeotherfactors,suchastime,placeandtheircomplementarycharacter.Thisstudymayleadtoabetterunderstandingofthereasonwhythetwowhosesocialstatusisdifferentcangotogetherinthathierarchicalsociety.Besides,wecansearchfortherelationshipbetweentheauthor’sreallifeandtheheroineJaneEyre.Itishelpfulforustohaveagoodknowledgeoftheauthor,hervisionoflove,andloveandmarriageofherday.Thistextisdividedintosixchapters.ChapterOneisanintroductiontothedomesticandforeignsituationoftheresearch,theinnovationandsignificanceofthisthesis.ChapterTwoissomescholar’sviewsaboutJaneEyre.Inthenextthreechapters,threepointswillbegiventodiscusstherealisticfeasibilityofthelovebetweentheheroineandthehero:

therighttimeandtherightplacemakethetwomeetwithandloveeachother,andfinallytheygetmarried.Theyaretheperfectmatchordained.ChapterSixisaconclusionofthisresearch.

Chapter2LiteraryReview

InthebookASurveyofEnglishLiterature,Doc.Changsays,“Janeisneithergood-lookingnorrich.HersisinfactthefirstimageofanuglyducklingwhobecomesheroineinEnglishliteraryhistory”JaneEyrehasitsuniquecharacteristicswhichmakeJaneaneternalappeal.“Shebraveslifewithcourageandhopeandrefusestosubmittotheoverwhelmingoddsofnegativecircumstance.Bothpracticalandrealistic,shehasnonetheless,thathumanzealandexuberanceinherbosomthatshinesforththegrandeurofthepersistenthumanquestforlightthroughanotherwiseambientgloomuntilshefindsitattheendoftunnel.”AboutthelovebetweenJaneandRochester,hesays“ThemutualattractionsheandRochesterfeelforoneanotherisnotsomuchromanticasitisbasedontheuniquestrengthofcharacterthattheyshare.JaneleavesSt.JohnRiversandgoesbacktoRochesterbecauseherloveforhimneverdies;itisalovefirmlybuiltonhermoralityandintegrity.ItisbytheshareforceofherpassionatecharacterthatsheconquersherreadersaswellasRochesterandSt.JohnRivers.”HealsomentionsRochester’scharacterwhenhefirstappears,“cynical，arrogant，andswashbuckling.Therearehintsthathemayhavebeenadissoluterake.Buttothecuriosityofthereaders,Janebeginstolovehim,andthetwogetcloseanduniteintheend.Thereadersfindtotheirjoythatpassionburnsunderacoolrationalsurfaceatthebottomoftheirsouls,andthatbothexhibitthewilltolifeandhappinessandthereadinesstomeetlifesquarelyintheface.It’stheemotionalintensityoftherelationshipthatholdsthemtogether.”（ChangYaoxin,2006:

251）

InthebookAHistoryofBritishLiterature,Doc.SuoJinmeitalksaboutheropinionsabouthowJanegainsherlove:

“InthisnovelJanelearnshowtogainlovewithoutsacrificingherselfintheprocess.JanethinksthatbeingamistresstoRochesterwouldsacrificeherownintegrityforthesakeofemotionalgratification.Thisshecan’taccept.ThatiswhysheleavesRochesterandrunsawaytoMorton.AtMortonsheenjoyseconomicindependenceandengagesinworthwhileandusefulwork，teachingthepoor.Yetshelacksemotionalsustenance.AlthoughSt.Johnproposesamarriage,offeringherapartnershipforacommonpurpose,Janeknowsthattheirmarriagewouldremainlovelessbecauseshedoesnotlovehim.Onlyafterprovingherself-sufficiencytoherselfcanshemarryRochester.Themarriagecanbeonebetweenequals.”（SuoJinmei,2009:

220）

InTheCommonReader,byVirginiaWoolf,sheexpressesheropinioninthearticleJaneEyreandWutheringHeights.Shesays“ThedrawbacksofbeingJaneEyrearenotfartoseek.Alwaystobeagovernessandalwaystobeinloveisaseriouslimitationinaworldwhichisfull,afterall,ofpeoplewhoareneitheronenortheother.ThecharactersofaJaneAustenorofaTolstoihaveamillionfacetscomparedwiththese.Theyliveandarecomplexbymeansoftheireffectuponmanydifferentpeoplewhoservetomirrorthemintheround.Theymovehitherandthitherwhethertheircreatorswatchthemornot,andtheworldinwhichtheyliveseemstousanindependentworldwhichwecanvisit,nowthattheyhavecreatedit,byourselves.”WoolfcomparesCharlotteBronteandTomasHardy,says“Shedoesnotattempttosolvetheproblemsofhumanlife;sheisevenunawarethatsuchproblemsexist;allherforce,anditisthemoretremendousforbeingconstricted,goesintotheassertion,‘Ilove,Ihate,Isuffer’.”（VirginiaWoolf,1948:

53）

Thispaperdiscussestheloveandmarriagebetweentheheroineandtheheroinadifferentway.Theyaretherightcouplemeetingattherighttimeandintherightplace,whichisfavoredbyfate.

Chapter3FeasibilityDeterminedbytheRightTime

JustlikethepoetZhangAilingsays“Throughthousandsofyears,withtheboundlessnessoftime,onehappe