A Comparative Study of the Heroines in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre from a Perspective of Feminism
ABSTRACT
Both Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte are remarkable and prominent women writers in the history of English literature. Their representative works — Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre — have been enjoying great popularity ever since their publication. By analyzing the two heroines — Elizabeth Bennet and Jane Eyre from the perspective of feminism, the thesis is an attempt to find what they have in common and what revelation they have to the contemporary women .
The body of the thesis consists of three chapters, besides Introduction and Conclusion. Chapter One is mainly about the lives of the two women writers, Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. Chapter Two introduces briefly the stories in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. Chapter Three gives a comparative study of the two heroines in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre based on feminism.
CONTENTS
Abstract---------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅰ
摘要-------------------------------------------------------------------------Ⅱ
Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------1
1 Two Female Writers’ Lives--------------------------------------------2
1.1 Jane Austen------------------------------------------------------------2
1.2 Charlotte Brontë------------------------------------------------------4
2 Stories in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre----------------------6
2.1 Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen’s Own Shadow----------6
2.2 Jane Eyre and Charlotte Brontë------------------------------------8
3 The Comparative Study of Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre Based on Feminism---------11
3.1 Elizabeth Bennet’s Life in Pride and Prejudice------------------11
3.2 Jane’s Life in Jane Eyre---------------------------------------------11
3.3 My View about the Two Heoines from the Two Female Novelists--------------12
Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------------------15
