Jane Austen's rejection of Rousseau_a novelistic and feminist initiation

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1、JaneAusten'srejectionofRousseau：anovelisticandfeministinitiationAbstract:JaneAusten'sevolutionasanovelistparalleledhergrowthasafeministthinker,asevidencedbyacomparisonofherportrayalofeducationin'NorthangerAbbey'and'PrideandPrejudice.'AcceptingJean-Jacque

2、sRousseau'sconceptsofwomanlyeducation,Austendepictstheprotagonistof'NorthangerAbbey'asbeingeducatedinamannerthatwouldallowhertobecomeafaithfulservanttoaman.In'PrideandPrejudice'Austendepictswomenasself-thinkingwiththeirownconvictions,theoppositeofRoussea

3、u'snotionthatwomen'sopinionsaregiventothembytheirhusbands.FullText:COPYRIGHT1994SouthernIllinoisUniversityThequestionofJaneAusten'sfeministcredentialshaslongbeenapuzzlingoneforcritics.(1)Thesixnovels-those"littlebitsofIvory"onwhichsheworked"withsofineaBr

4、ush"-hardlyseemthecanvasforrevolutionaryexpression.However,wemaybewrongintryingtofindinJaneAustenthekindofexplicitmessagethatweassociatewithmoremodernfeministwriters.Instead,IcontendthatAustenrespondedtoprevailingideasconcerningsexualstereotypinginahighl

5、ycontrolledandconsistentfashionandthattheemergenceofwhatcanbecalledafeministperspectiveinhernovelsactuallyparalleledhergrowingmasteryoftheconventionsofnovel-writing.AcomparisonoftwoAustennovelsinparticulardemonstratesthisthesis.NorthangerAbbeyandPrideand

6、PrejudicearetheproductsofAusten's"early"period.NorthangerAbbeywasherfirstmaturenovel;PrideandPrejudiceisgenerallyviewedasthelastofherearlyworksandtheprecursortoherlaterphase.(2)Botharenovelsofeducation,buttheydifferintheirrepresentationofwhatconstitutest

7、heproperendsoftheeducationalprocessformenandwomen.Theycan,infact,beseenasmirrorimagesofeachotherintheirpresentationofcontrastingresponsestothephilosophyofeducation(asitrelatestosexualrole)firstproposedbyJeanJacquesRousseauinthemid-eighteenthcentury.Thedi

8、fferentapplicationsoftheRousseauistmodelinthesetwonovelstracesaformalandaconceptualevolutionforjaneAusten-amovementfromnovicetomatureauthor,andfromsocialapologisttoindependentandindeedfeministthinker.IRousseau'sinfluenceon