薩克雷眼中的女性形象

英語論文編號:YY295  論文字數:5095.頁數:12

Contents
Abstract 1
中文摘要 1
Introduction 2
I The background of William Makepeace Thackeray 2
1.1 Thackeray’s life and works 2
1.2 Social background 4
1.2.1 Chartist Movement and Chartist literature 4
1.2.2 Woman’s position in society 5
1.3 Writing style 6
II Introduction to Vanity Fair 7
2.1 The theme and perspective of Vanity Fair 7
2.2 Literature review on Vanity Fair 8
III Analysis of Becky and Amelia in Vanity Fair 8
3.1 The different backgrounds of Becky and Amelia 8
3.2 Differences in character between Amelia and Becky 9
3.3 Views of love between Amelia and Becky 10
3.4 Different Results 11
Conclusion 11
Bibliography 11

中文摘要
 威廉·梅克皮斯·薩克雷是19世紀英國的一位偉大的批判現實主義作家，,與當時的大文豪查爾斯·狄根斯齊名。小說《名利場》一直被公認為他的代表作。作品通過刻畫兩位女性人物蓓基·夏普和愛米麗亞·塞得利,反映出兩種截然不同而又相互關聯的命運。透過這兩個女人的悲歡離合,薩克雷關注的是金錢至上,具有階層意識的男權社會中女人的地位和角色,抨擊了提倡維多利亞婚姻家庭觀的腐朽、偽善的社會。
 本文著重于通過分析兩位女性人物蓓基和愛米麗亞來重新解讀《名利場》。作者首先對薩克雷的背景進行分析，介紹他的生平和作品，及其當時所處的社會背景，尤其對當時的女性地位進行著重分析，以了解《名利場》的寫作背景。其次，作者從其主題和角度出發，分析了《名利場》的寫作宗旨，即廣泛地揭露和尖銳地批判了十九世紀的英國在資本主義統治下人們爾虞我詐，追名逐利的社會生活畫卷。作者繼而對《名利場》進行了文學評論，簡要地分析了《名利場》的藝術成就。最后，作者通過對比小說中兩位女性人物蓓基和愛米麗亞的不同出生背景，性格，愛情觀，及結局，深入剖析了這兩個薩克雷筆下的女人。
關鍵詞：命運，地位，角色

Abstract
 William Makepeace Thackeray is an outstanding critical writer in England in the 19th century who enjoys equal popularity with Charles Dickens. And Vanity Fair has been generally regarded as his masterpiece. It reflects the fates of two contrasting but inter-linked lives, through two women characters—Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. In the novel Thackeray examines the position and role of women in a money-oriented and status-conscious male world and attacks a corrupted, hypocritical society which advocates the Victorian virtues of marriage and family.
 This thesis emphasizes the analysis of two heroines, through which to read this book anew. The author firstly analyzes the background of Thackeray and introdeces his life and work, and the social background of that time, especially the woman’s position to understand the writing background. Secondly, the author analyzes the wrting aim of Vanity Fair i.e. widely exposes and sharply criticizes the wheeling and dealing, and greed for fame and wealth of people in the Britain of 19th century under capitalism through its theme and perspective. Thirdly, the author reviews this novel and makes brief analysis in terms of its artistic achievement. In the end, the author penetrates deeply these two heroines by comparison of their different backgrounds, characters, views of love, and results.
Keywords: fates, position, role