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毕业论文-女权主义与现实主义相遇：《米德尔马契》中的外省婚姻，共28页，29522字符
中文摘要
本文旨在通过研究《米德尔马契》一书中所体现的婚姻观来展示乔治·艾略
特的现实主义和女权主义。笔者将结合艾略特的生平，以及她对 19 世纪妇女运
动和英国主流社会价值观的态度，来分析作为一名作家，艾略特是如何平衡她的
现实主义与女权主义的。一个多世纪以来，文学评论家一直在争论艾略特是否是
女权主义者。虽然她的一生特立独行，曾与有妇之夫公然同居 20 年，但是她依
然坚持婚姻的重要意义，并相信婚姻对于女性，并不像许多女权主义者所鼓吹的
那样负面。艾略特对女权主义模棱两可的态度以及她在作品中体现出的对女性婚
姻生活的保守观念招致了许多女权主义者的批评。她们否认艾略特在女权领域中
的地位，并认为她是维多利亚时代保守观念的卫道士。通过研究多箩西亚、洛萨
蒙德与西利亚等女主角的婚姻，本文将探讨艾略特对婚姻的微妙评价。但是，无
论对艾略特态度的分歧有多大，可以公认的是，艾略特是一位伟大的作家，不仅
因为她从现实主义的角度观察 19 世纪欧洲社会，也因为她对当时激进的女权主
义有其独特的理性思考。
关键词：《米德尔马契》 乔治·艾略特 外省婚姻 婚姻观 现实主义 女权主义

ABSTRACT
The thesis shows how George Eliot balances and reconciles feminism and realism
through an analysis of her views on marriage in Middlemarch. The thesis shows how
Eliot’s personal experience and her attitude toward the feminist movement and
prevailing 19th century social values inform her writing. For over a hundred years,
critics have been debating whether or not Eliot was a feminist. Although she led a
controversial life and openly lived for over twenty years with a married man, she still
defended the sanctity and value of marriage. She argued that marriage’s influence on
women was not, as most feminists insisted, so negative. Through a study of Dorothea,
Rosamond and Celia’s marriages in Middlemarch, the thesis traces and explores
Eliot’s nuanced perspective on marriage. The conservative attitude embodied in her
works and her ambiguous attitude toward feminism have drawn severe criticism from
feminists, who have excluded her from favor as a reactionary and Victorian moralist.
After all, one thing is certain-- Eliot was a great realistic writer, not only for her acute
observations of 19th century European society, but also for her sophisticated critique of
limitations in radical feminism.
Keywords: Middlemarch
realism feminism
-13marriage
George Eliot
provincial marriages
views on

CONTENTS
Introduction............. 1
Women in Victorian Society ................. 1
th· The Rise of Feminism ............. 2
George Eliot and Her Life... 3
Chapter One
Literature Review................ 5
Reception of Middlemarch ........ 5
Critical Responses to Middlemarch ............ 6
Chapter Two
Realism and Feminism..... 8
Eliot and Feminism . 9
Chapter Three Marriages in Middlemarch .11
Dorothea's Two Marriages...... 11
Celia and Dorothea................. 13
Rosamond and Lydgate ......... 15
Other Characters .. 16
3.4.1Mary Garth ..... 16
3.4.1Madam Laure . 16
Conculsion ........... 17
WORKS CITED .... 19
ACKNOWLEDEGEMENTS .... 21