《曼斯菲尔德庄园》英国道德观
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.
This thesis aims at analyzing morals of the early 19th Century Britain reflected in Mansfield Park. It is worth noting that the amateur theatre gives us a good show about different people’s morality. From the acting that seems to be absurd it is easy to infer different people’s character, whether they mate their words to his deeds or not, and their standard to judge between right and wrong. The story happened in the 19th century Britain when western world was under the material benefits of slavery and imperialism. During the period of transition from agricultural society to industrial society the economy of Britain made great progress, which led to a big gap between the rich and the poor. Social morals were dearly influenced under the background, which were reflected in Mansfield Park.
Morals of the early 19th century Britain lie in hierarchical social consciousness and the love concept of money first. Most people are judged according to their social status and wealth. Those rich men who look decent possibly have skeletons in the closet. From the character sketch and psychological description in Mansfield Park, Jane Austin aims to express the importance of traditional virtues. She thinks that people’s love should be based on reason accompanied with excellence of heart. The author hopes through Mansfield Park to express a kind of positive spirit arousing people’s moral consciousness.
The thesis is pided into four parts. The first part serves as an introduction. The second part aims at analyzing the morals of the 19th century Britain reflected in Mansfield Park. The third part attempts to analyze the realistic significance of the morals in Mansfield Park. The last part functions as a conclusion.
Key Words: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, morals
摘要简奥斯丁是英国著名的小说家，她的言情小说让她在英国文学史上成为了最被广泛认知的作家。 她的现实主义思想和辛吹冰的社评让她在学者和评论家间获得了了重要的历史性地位。
本文主要分析《曼斯菲尔德庄园》折射出的19世纪初英国的道德观。值得注意的是文中业余戏剧排演一段很好的展现了人物不同的道德观念，从看似荒唐的演戏中可以推断出不同的人物性格，可以了解到人物是否言行一致以及他们认识事物对与错的标准。小说的故事发生于19世纪初期帝国主义制度下并且由奴隶制度获取物质利益的英国。在农业社会转型工业社会期间英国的经济得到了空前的发展，也造成了贫富差距的增大。在这样的大背景中《曼斯菲尔德庄园》对于社会道德的认知产生了巨大的影响。
19世纪初英国的道德观体现在等级分明的社会意识，金钱至上的爱情观念。透过社会地位和财富来判断一个人是普遍现象。看似体面的富人们，背地里也有着不可告人的秘密。从《曼斯菲尔德庄园》中的人物描写和心里刻画中，我们可以看出简奥斯丁旨在表达传统美的重要性，认为爱情要以理智为基础，重视心灵美。作者希望通过传播这类正能量，来唤起人们的道德意识。
本篇论文分为四个部分。第一部分作为绪论。第二部分旨在分析《曼斯菲尔德庄园》中折射出的19世纪英国的道德价值观。第三部分在于介绍曼斯菲尔德庄园中道德的现实意义。第四部分为总结。
关键词：简奥斯丁，《曼斯菲尔德庄园》，道德观7568
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i
Abstract ii
摘要. iii
1 Introduction. 7
2 Morals of the 19th Century Britain Reflected in Mansfield Park9
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