名利场中的女性形象与萨克雷的男权思想 Abstract William• Makepeace• Thackeray is one of the prominent writers of realism in 19th century. Vanity Fair can be considered as his representative work. In this novel, Thackeray creates two contrasting women images (Victorian “Angel in the House” and Victorian “Rebel”).Through depicting the lifetime of the two women images, Thackeray focuses on women’s position at that time and satires the money-oriented and man-dominated Victorian society. The thesis tends to analyze the two women images and tries to understand Thackeray’s attitude from details. In the novel, Thackeray presents enormous concern about the two women images. Through different depiction he focuses on the women’s position and reflects women’s condition at that time. What’s more, although Thackeray both praises and criticizes Amelia and Becky, as a tradition male writer, he cannot avoid being influenced by conventional Victorian values and patriarchal ideology. Therefore, even if he shows sympathy towards women, his attitude towards the two women images contains praise and criticism. For example, he shows more appreciation to Amelia--who conforms to the Victorian values. On the contrary, for Becky, who is brave、perseverant, and dare to challenge patriarchal ideology, Thackeray is not that “friendly”. Therefore, Thackeray’s male chauvinism can be revealed through analyzing his depiction of women images, plot and the arrangement of different endings of the two women images. At last, this thesis intends to illustrate that the molding of the two women images in Vanity Fair has close connection with Thackeray’s male chauvinism. Key words: Women’s Image Male chauvinism Vanity Fair Contents Abstract I 摘 要 II 1. Introduction 1 2. Background Information………………………………………………………….3 2.1 Brief Introduction of Victorian England……………………………………….. 3 2.2 Women’s Position in Victorian Society…………………………………………3 3. Analysis of Female Images in Vanity Fair………………………………………..5 3.1 Amelia Sedley--the Victorian “Angel in the House”……………………………5 3.1.1 Brief Introduction of Amelia Sedley………………………………………..5 3.1.2 Analysis of Amelia Sedley …………………………………………………5 3.2 Becky Sharp--the Victorian Rebel………………………………………………8 3.2.1 Brief Introduction of Becky Sharp………………………………………….8 3.2.2 Analysis of Becky Sharp…………………………………………………….9 4. The Reflection of Thackeray’s Male Chauvinism………………………………13 4.1 Thackeray’s Attitude towards Amelia Sedley…………………………………..13 4.2 Thackeray’s Attitude towards Becky Sharp…………………………………….13 4.3 Thackeray’s Male Chauvinism…………………………………………………..14 5. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….15 致 谢 ......16 References 17 |
名利场中的女性形象与萨克雷的男权思想【英语论文】
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