论简奥斯丁叙事策略的改变.doc

On the Changes of Jane Austen’s Narrative StrategiesAbstract: Jane Austen, as one of the greatest female novelists in the nineteenth century of English literature, depicted the middle class provincial life in England with delicate touch. Her books, such as Emma, Pride and Prejudice, remain widely-read and have been successfully adapted for television and cinema. The early study on Jane Austen was mainly focused in the social meaning of her novels. However, since the 20th century, more and more people study the writing art of Jane Austen are. This essay analyzes the changes of Jane Austen’s narrative strategies not only in the aspects of narrative voice and narrative perspective, but also in the aspects of narrative mode and narrative method. Besides, it also tries to explain the reasons why Jane Austen changed her narrative strategies. In conclusion, the success of her novels in literature history mainly attributed to the changes of her narrative strategies.Key Words: narrative perspective; narrative voice; narrative mode; narrative style论简·奥斯丁叙事策略的改变摘 要：作为19世纪英国文学史上最杰出的女作家之一，简•奥斯丁用她细致入微的笔触描写了英国中等阶级的生活。

她的作品，诸如《爱玛》、《傲慢与偏见》，一直深受读者欢迎，并被成功地改编成电视和电影早期人们对奥斯丁作品的研究主要在于探求其小说的社会文化意义自20世纪以来，人们更多地开始关注于奥斯丁小说的创作艺术本论文主要从叙事视角、叙事声音、叙事模式、叙事手法这四个方面来分析奥斯丁小说叙事策略的变化，并探讨了导致这种变化的原因总之，简•奥斯丁叙事策略的改变是她作品经久不衰的一个重要原因关键词： 视角；叙事声音；叙事模式；叙事方法CONTENTSIntroduction 11. Background 11.1 Jane Austen’s Personal Life and Education 11.1.1 Jane Austen’s Personal Life 11.1.2 Jane Austen’s Education 21.2 Jane Austen’s Literary Life 21.2.1 Jane Austen’s Principle Works 21.2.2 Jane Austen’s Literary Achievement 42. The Changes of Jane Austen’s Narrative Strategies 52.1 The Change of Narrative Perspective 52.1.1 The Narrative Perspective in Jane Austen’s Early Works 52.1.2 The Narrative Perspective in Jane Austen’s Later Works 62.2 The Change of Narrative Voice 72.2.1 The Narrative Voice in Jane Austen’s First Novel 72.2.2 The Narrative Voice in Jane Austen’s Later Four Novels 72.2.3 The Narrative Voice in Jane Austen’s Last Novel 82.3 The Change of Narrative Mode 92.3.1 The Narrative Mode in Jane Austen’s Early Five Novels 92.3.2 The Narrative Mode in Jane Austen’s Last Novel 92.4 The Change of Narrative Style 102.4.1 The Narrative Style in Jane Austen’s Early Five Novels 102.4.2 The Narrative Style in Jane Austen’s Last Novel 113. The Reasons of the Change of Jane Austen’s Narrative Strategies 123.1 The Social Reasons 123.1.1 The Status of Women in Jane Austen’s Day 123.1.2 The Situation of Women Writers in Jane Austen’s Day 133.2 The Personal Reasons 133.2.1 The Fate of Jane Austen’s Novels 133.2.2 The Love Life of Jane Austen 144. Conclusion 15Bibliography 18Introduction Jane Austen, a great English novelist, focused on middle-class provincial life with humor and understanding. Her books, such as Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice, remain widely-read and have been successfully adapted for television and cinema.There are many academic research books on the study of Jane Austen abroad. These books are mainly memoirs or collections of papers of Austen. For example, Maggie Lane published Austen’s world (1996); Helen Lefroy wrote Jane Austen; Deirdre Le Faye published Jane Austen A Family Record (2002); Kathryn Sutherland edited A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections (2004). Besides, in David Lodge’s The Art of Fiction, the author discussed the writing art in Austen’s novels.Recent decades, researches on Jane Austen have even evaded China and a lot of papers on Austen have appeared in some important journals. This thesis analyzes the changes of Jane Austen’s narrative strategies in four aspects. That is: narrative voice, narrative perspective, narrative mode and narrative method. Besides, it also tries to explain the reasons why Jane Austen changed her narrative strategies.1. BackgroundThe knowledge of Jane Austen’s background is obviously helpful for readers to understand her novels. This chapter will give a brief introduction of Jane Austen’s personal life and education as well as her literary life. 1.1 Jane Austen’s Personal Life and EducationIt is said Jane Austen transformed the stuff of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside into six novels that are amongst the most popular in the English language. At first, we should learn more about her personal life.1.1.1 Jane Austen’s Personal Life Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon, a small village in southern England. Her father was rector of that parish. Jane Austen had six brothers and an elder sister, Cassandra. Austen lived a pleasant life in her hometown until she was twenty-five when her father retired. The family moved to Bath. After the death of her father in 1805, she lived with her mother and sister in Southampton for a short time. Finally, in 1809, the family moved to a pleasant cottage in the village of Chawton. In 1817, Jane。