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1、19世纪英国女性意识的觉醒与萌发英语本科毕业论文 本科毕业论文题目 中文 19世纪英国女性意识的觉醒与萌发 外文 The Awakening and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in Britain 系 别 英语翻译系 专 业 英语 年 级 学生姓名 指导教师 结稿日期 _The Awakening and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in BritainAbstractThere are many great litt

2、erateurs and famous novelists in England during the 19th century Many women novelists welled up and broke the complexion with controlled by men in literature These women novelists described the new image of women with the sharp writing style and sagacious language Jane Austen the Bronte sister Mrs G

3、askell and George Eliot are representative of them This new image is different from the traditional pattern in men novel The traditional pattern was tamable and sentiment which was described by men However feminine patter was strong and unattached which showed the strong feminist consciousness Consc

4、iousness of women was as great a contribution to literature This paper tries to analyze feminist consciousness and profoundly discuss a historical process of evolution in these women novels The paper is made up of four sections Section one introduces concept of feminist consciousness Section two des

5、cribes the awakening and germination of feminist consciousness in the 19th century in Britain First feminist consciousness has primary awakening in early 19th century Then I tried to analyze the feminist consciousness of Charlotte Bronte Finally I described Mrs Gaskell and her works Section three an

6、alyzes the reasons for the awakening and germination of feminist consciousness in the 19th century in Britain Section four describes the value orientation and historical status of feminist consciousnessKey words feminist consciousness 19th century Charlotte Bronte Jane Austen George EliotThe Awakeni

7、ng and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in BritainOutlineThesis Statement This paper tries to analyze Feminist Consciousness and profoundly discuss a historical process of evolution in these women novelsI IntroductionA Concept of Feminist ConsciousnessB Summarizing the Femin

8、ist Consciousness in the 19th Century in BritainII The Awakening and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in Britain A the Awakening of Feminist Consciousness by Jane Austen in the early 19th century1 Jane Austens Major Characteristics of Consciousness of Women2 Jane Austens Fem

9、inist Consciousness Viewed in Pride and Prejudice B The Germination of Feminist Consciousness by Charlotte Bronte in the mid 19th Century in BritainC The Feminist Consciousness in Latter 19th Century on the Base of Analysis of Cultural Background in Victorian Age1 Mrs Gaskell and Her Works2 George E

10、liot and MiddlemarchIIIThe Reasons for the Awakening and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in BritainIVConclusionI IntroductionA Concept of Feminist ConsciousnessFeminist consciousness refers to the consciousness that female regard themselves as subjectConcretely feminist con

11、sciousness surrounds the focus which is established in the consciousness of women as human beings their feelings experience about life and the world their desire pursuit and values In the human society the differences in physiologic al structure divide people into men and women With the forming of t

12、he group consciousness of the social roles of the two sexes men and women mean the difference of the social sexes at the same time Therefore human societies were all patriarchy societies for a long time Though men and women all had self-consciousness the voices from men were too strong and the voice

13、s from women were flooded so were the social identification of womenA new movement of global women entrepreneurs that actively resurging the promotion of the triplet aspirations of inalienable rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness all over again but this time as a learning process for fem

14、inine prosperity around the word rather than as a political revolution to reduce inequities and improve lives though the meaning is the same It grew out of the consciousness leaping of women as a group in society with subservient roles to men to that of equals Now instead the questions are How do I

15、unstoppable How do I multiply my influence effectiveness How do I lead an inspired life And how can I get and sustain a balanced lifeB Summarizing the Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century in BritainThe Victorian Age was period of society turbulence with crossing swords between new value and ol

16、d value With the changing of society women started to gain some powers and entered into the public to join all kinds of society activities The disintegration of absolute power of male became the fact 1There are many great litterateurs and famous novelists in England during the 19th century Many wome

17、n novelists welled up and broke the complexion with controlled by men in literature These women novelists described the new image of women with the sharp writing style and sagacious language Jane Austen the Bronte sister Mrs Gaskell and George Eliot are representative of them This new image is diffe

18、rent from the traditional pattern in men novel The traditional pattern was tamable and sentiment which was described by men However feminine patter was strong and unattached which showed the strong feminist consciousness II The Awakening and Germination of Feminist Consciousness in the 19th Century

19、in Britain There appeared sex discrimination against women since patriarchal period Writers artists and social activists all over the world have been making their efforts to promote womens liberation Because of the historical reasons in the-19th-century England literature about women blossomed There

20、 appeared a series of women images struggling for their independence and equal rights with menA the Awakening of Feminist Consciousness by Jane Austen in the early 19th centuryJane Austen was not merely an outstanding cross-century novelist but she created the new page of women literature with outst

21、anding authoresses such as Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot An authoress before the other two writers Austen expressed her consciousness of women in her novels Her achievements made in this respect especially attract peoples attention Jane Austen began her own literary creation in the background th

22、at consciousness of women was awakened gradually in the late of the 18th century She was a writer who attempted to understand women and seek for the value of women in society Her works reflected her consciousness of women Her novels that centered on women have an important impact on the development

23、of English literature Six novels were written by Austen in a crucial social environment All her novels were finished probably in ten years Sense and Sensibility 1811 Pride and Prejudice 1813 Mansfield Park 1814 Emma 1816 Northanger Abbey 1818 Persuasion 1818 1 Jane Austens Major Characteristics of C

24、onsciousness of WomenThere are three major characteristics of feminist consciousness in Jane Austens work womens consciousness of freedom marriage and patriarchy She said what was in his mind Austen believed that women should regard the equality of women with men as the ladder in their pursuit for f

25、reedom The marriage view of Austen was realistic She thought that marriage must be based on sense property and be well-matched in social and economic status In addition what we need to understand is that in Austens time verbal skills were controlled by men So females were defined with male sight and

26、 standard which occupied a leading status to come Austens patriarchy can be seen in the novels Cinderellas emotional tie 2 mode and other aspects Austen created true people with irony She was trying to understand women as human beings but not as perfect women Austens consciousness of women is realis

27、tic Its value exists in the fact that she established womens characteristics and womens identity Through an analysis of the value orientations of Austens consciousness of women we can see that Austen paid her attention to the characters of in that time Austens consciousness of women emerged from the

28、 deep sea of male thinking mode Austens consciousness of women was not womens complete independence but womens waking senses and wisdom that sprouted in real socialize not womens pursuit for social value but womens selfrecognition and selfrealization As a writer who challenged traditional ideas Aust

29、ens novels were full of new ideas But it was impossible for her to reject tradition and the influence of reality But her consciousness of women was as great a contribution to literature as Bronte and Eliots2 Jane Austens Feminist Consciousness Viewed in Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is an

30、enduringly popular novel published in 1813 by the famous English writer Jane Austen one of the most important novelists of the nineteenth century It is Jane Austens most popular and best-loved novel The plot of the story is very simple natural and intelligible but the characters were described very

31、truly and vividly Jane Austen began her own literary creation in the background that consciousness of women was awakened gradually in the late of 18th century She was a female writer who attempted to understand women and seek for the value of women in society Her works reflected her consciousness of

32、 women through particular angle of view and unique manner of taste It could be seen that Jane Austen paid much attention on the society from her meticulous depiction of daily life With her keen feminism vision Jane Austen pushed the female which were in the marginal and inferior status into peoples

33、field of viewIn Pride and Prejudice the author figured different kinds of female characters and prominently represented the feminism consciousness of the heroine which has the self-respect and independence to strive for equal and the freedom Consequently it highlighted the awakening of female consci

34、ousness of AustenFirst of all Jane Austen believed that lifetime blessedness of women is marital blessedness This is recognized in male society and also this is female fortunes wheel in that time Pride and Prejudice talks about five sisters in MrBennet looking for the husband MrsBennet tried to her

35、best to marry her daughter before the neighbor girl in despite of whom This description with full of cynical shows the realistic society However Jane Austens attitude is difference from the traditional marriage She believed marriage was made up of love So Elizabeth raised superior to Darcys courtshi

36、p because he was arrogant and was lack of loveMarriage is the central topic in Austens Pride and Prejudice the plots of the novels and the actions of the characters revolve around marriage For Austens characters marriage does not mean the act of ungoverned passion but a complex engagement between th

37、e marrying couple and societyAustens characters are completely integrated into society and play out the stories within the social rulesThey realize that marriage can provide opportunities of class mobility and financial support money and classier thus closely connected in their decision of marital p

38、artners Based on Socialist-feminism this thesis examines social background in Austen s time and explores how social conditions influence females psychological struggle and anxiety toward marriageFor Socialist-feminists material factors shape womens marital consciousness in determinate waysThe discus

39、sions of male class and female status in the end of the eighteenth century are helpful for understanding why marriage is the central topic in Austens novelsIn a sense marriage is regarded as a market place to exchange upward class mobility and financial support for Austens characters In order to ach

40、ieve the goal of marriage females are good at transforming themselves into commodities by displaying their appearances and accomplishments to appeal to male gazersWomen at the time were encouraged by the social value of performing manners of femininity to win husbandsHowever when Austens female char

41、acters face mate selections an unconscious apprehension toward marriage can be observedFrom the social consideration of Austens time this thesis will reveal female marital perspectives anxieties and inner struggle in Pride and PrejudiceIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in poss

42、ession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife The first sentence of the novel Pride and Prejudice highlights the importance of marriage within the world of the novel The sentence suggests that the sole purpose for marriage was to increase the characters social and financial ranking The quote me

43、ntions nothing of love yet it provokes the feeling in the minds of the readers that the purpose of marriage is to merely create security Finding a suitable marriage for the female characters that lived in a patriarchal society often became the solace of their lives The character of Elizabeth is a fa

44、scinating one and her personality only adds to the readers interest in her because she has many different sides and constantly changes opinions and ideas Towards the beginning of the book we are given many different descriptions of Elizabeth ranging from She had a lively cheerful disposition which d

45、elighted in anything ridiculous to hardly a good feature in her face We can see that different people has varying views on her However through the course of the book we come to make our own opinion and I came to know her as being spontaneous high-spirited and intelligent and above all a complex youn

46、g womanElizabeth is a literary device used by Jane Austen to represent her values and attitudes on the importance of marrying for love We often see the world through Elizabeths eyes and we are positioned to empathize with her opinion on the absurdity of marrying for reasons other than love Elizabeth

47、 is a free-spirited individual who differs substantially from the other female characters of the novel Elizabeth refuses to be wed to a man to whom she does not love Elizabeth although often guilty of prejudice attitudes always acknowledges and learns from her mistakes She is a heroineB The Germinat

48、ion of Feminist Consciousness by Charlotte Bronte in the mid 19th Century in BritainJane Eyre is called the magnum opus of feminist literary in Britain The author Charlotte Bronte profundity models a new female- Jane Eyre with strong treachery consciousness and opposes consciousness Through Jane Eyre the author expressed the awakening feminist consciousness and blazoned forth the au pair idea between love and marriage Then she put forward ideal of struggling for paddling ones own canoe and maintaining dignity