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[摘要] 奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》与《爱玛》中婚姻为其中心议题。小说情节与人物行为萦绕在此主题上。就书中的人物而言，婚姻并非意味着男女间无法控制的热情而是双方与社会间的契约产物。小说人物全然融入其社会现实，依循社会规则，谱出故事情节。由于明白婚姻关系可提供阶级提升与经济改善的机会，财力与社会地位为决定结婚对象的相关条件。本文以社会女性主义观点切入，检视奥斯汀的社会背景，探索社会环境如何影响女性在面临婚姻时，内心的焦虑与挣扎。就社会女性主义者而言，物质环境为塑造女性婚姻意识的决定因素。对于当时男性阶级与女性地位的探索，将可助于厘清为何婚姻为奥斯汀小说议题的原因实上，婚姻，就小说人物而言，为一个阶本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供级交换与经济交流的市场。为了达成结婚的目的，女性人物擅于把自己转化成商品，展示其外貌与才艺，吸引男性目光。此一时期女性受到社会价值的鼓励，利用其女性特质来赢得婚姻伴侣。然而，奥斯汀的女性人物在面临婚姻伴侣的抉择时往往呈现对婚姻无意识的不安。本文根据奥斯汀当时的英国社会环境，揭露《傲慢与偏见》与《爱玛》中女性婚姻观点，其内在的焦虑与挣扎。
[摘要] Marriage is the central topic in Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Emma: the plots of the novels and the actions of the characters revolve around marriage.　For Austen's characters, marriage does not mean the act of ungoverned passion but a complex engagement between the marrying couple and society.　Austen's characters are completely integrated into society and play out the stories within the social rules.　They realize that marriage can
provide opportunities of class mobility and financial support; money and class
are thus closely connected in their decision of marital partners. 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 marriage.　For Socialist-feminists, material factors shape women's 本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供marital consciousness in determinate ways.　The
discussions of male class and female status in the end of the eighteenth century are helpful for understanding why marriage is the central topic in Austen's novels.　In a sense, marriage is regarded as a market place to exchange upward class mobility and financial support for Austen's characters.　
In order to achieve the goal of marriage, females are good at transforming themselves into commodities by displaying their appearances and accomplishments to appeal to male gazers.　Women at the time were encouraged by the social value of performing manners of femininity to win husbands.　However, when Austen'本论文由英语论文网 www.51lunwen.org整理提供s female characters face mate selections, an unconscious apprehension toward marriage can be observed.　From the social consideration of Austen's time, this thesis will reveal female marital perspectives, anxieties, and inner struggle in Pride and Prejudice and Emma.
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