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摘要林黛玉与简爱是中西文学作品中两个具有反抗精神的女性形象, 本文分析比较了两人所处的时代特征和爱情观。她们的女性自我意识得到了觉醒, 抗争不公的命运而受到人们的赞颂, 一个是命途多舛，最终香消玉殒, 一个是一波三折，却最终结局圆满。 尽管她们爱情结局大相径庭, 但对后人的人生观有积极的启迪作用。30705
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关键词 林黛玉 简•爱 比较 爱情观 时代环境 个人性格
毕业论文外文摘要
Title Resistance and Pursuit——Comparison of Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre's Love Views
Abstract
Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre are two female characters depicted in Chinese and English literary works who have demonstrated the spirit of resistance. This paper aims to compare the characteristics of the times in which the two characters and their attitudes toward love. Both Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre have got readers’ admiration for their female consciousness and their struggle for true love. Although their love stories end differently, they have positive inspirations on modern people's outlook of life.
Keywords Lin Daiyu Jane Eyre love view personality environment
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ..2
2 Literature Review .....3
2.1 On the research of personality ..3
2.2 On artistic techniques ........4
2.3 Social &cultural perspective .............4
3 Creation Background ...5
4 Comparison of Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre's Love Views ..6
5 Main Factors ....7
5.1 Contrasting personalities ..........7
5.2 The impact of Chinese and Western religious thought ....7
5.3The impact of Chinese and Western female personality aesthetic standards ...9
6Conclusions ....11
Acknowledgement ..12
References.........13
1. Introduction
In this paper, two characters, Lin Daiyu from ‘A Dream of Red Mansions’written by Chinese novelist Cao Xueqing, and Jane Eyre from‘Jane Eyre’written by British writer Charlotte Bront, are chosen as objects of study for analyzing their respective love views. This paper aims to analyze the two different attitudes towards love from social and cultural perspectives. Both of the two novels enjoy great prestige as well as popularity in the literature history, exerting great influence on later literary creation, as well as shaping courageous heroines whose pursuit of freedom and love is worth our respect and admiration. The two charming heroines, Daiyu and Jane, have rendered countless readers to be obsessed with them with their unique temperament. They have certain similarities in their life experience, personality, and the pursuit of love. However, the love stories of the two females developed towards different endings. There are many reasons contributing to the different the widely different results of the two, and this paper sets out from the comparison between the Chinese and Western cultures, studying the differences concerning social and cultural factors, which can lead to a more profound understanding of the Chinese and British society in the 18th century.
2. Literature Review
At the beginning of the 20th Century, several scholars made their efforts to compare and contrast the two novels standing out from respectively eastern and western literary works. However, their studies are considered as relatively shallow understanding. With the development of world economy and culture, cultural and academic exchanges between eastern and western countries have become increasingly frequent, and a comparative study of the two works are also gradually increasing. Recent years have seen rich results from the comparative study of Jane Eyre and Lin Daiyu. Based on previous literature, research achievements can be listed as follows: