从女性主义角度解析简爱与德伯家的苔丝之开题报告.doc

Applicants name:.Title: Reading from Feminism Perspective Jane Eyre and Tess of the DUrbervilles.Abstract:Research questionJane Eyre and another novel Tess of the DUrbervilles are two typical novels of the Victorian era, both of them proclaim the consciousness of independence and resistance of women who have lower social status. This article starts from the situation of women and development of feminism at that time and analyze the two novels from the perspective of feminism. Rationale for the studyIn the Victorian era, man was still holding the dominant position.Women dont have equal rights with man. For instance, when man and women get marry, the property brought by women will belong to her husband, when they divorce, women dont have guardianship right. Besides that for most of women, finding job is an incredible thing, much less have right to vote. Taking care of children and husband are their only duty. The writers reveal the living situation of women through the characters in their novels .Whats more, as the awakening of female consciousness and development of feminism, the characters are granted the features of independence and resistance.MethodologyIn this paper I firstly use standardized research to outline the theory in this study. This method will be based on secondary research which source will be the research published in various journals and management publications.Advantages of Secondary ResearchThe most important factor determining me to use the secondary data is that it is easy to do and helps to save time. My research dissertation has to be completed within four months, which implies constraints from the time, and some other factors. Furthermore, the verification process is more rapid and the reliability of the information and conclusion is greatly enhanced.Disadvantages of Secondary Research Although secondary data collection is very useful for us to collect the existing information, the information collected through this method may be incomplete. Using this technique requires people to be quite clear about what they are looking for and the technique is restricted to the materials that already exist. It is not a flexible way to collect materials. If you are not clear about what you are looking for, you may spend much time but not collect the materials you need. So this method of documentation should be used base on the assumption that you have the clear objective about what kind of materials you want to collect. And the data and information that you want to collect through this method must be the real and existing information available in the market. So this method just can help to collect the past and historic information and can not collect the in-depth information. .Procedure:Firstly, Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte and another novel Tess of the DUrbervilles written by Thomas Hardy have been read. I am familiar with the characters in the novels, their image, their features and their families.Secondly, I will read some books record the history of the Victorian era to realize the living condition of women. Moreover, I want to know the social background and what the authors want to reflect of the society.Lastly, I will read literature about feminism, such as the source of it and its development in the 19th century. Then I will on the perspective of this theory to analyze expression of feminism in the novels.Above all, I can use library method to do the theoretical outline of this dissertation. Some journals and articles from internet will be read. .TimetableTo decide a topic November, 2013Collect secondary materials and review of literatures December, 2013Complete a research proposal December, 2013Write up results and conclusion January, 2014First draft of project report completed January, 2014Second draft of project report completed February, 2014Third draft of project report completed April, 2014Final writing of project report April, 2014.Introduction:Purpose of the studyThe main purpose of this research is to analyze the feminism in the two novels, one aspect is their spirit of resistance, another aspect is their perception of love which shaped by their independent personality. Comprehending the social background of the novels and the development of feminism in Victorian era is the first task.ImportanceJane Eyre and Tess of the DUrbervilles are two famous works with the profound history of imprinting, we regard them as canons until now. The novels are worth being studied because their literary value and historical value. In the Victorian era women did not want to be limited by children and families, they eager to have jobs, social status, and even political rights same with man. From the perspective of feminism, the novels show awaking of womens consciousness. That time and those novels help to feminism study all over the literature.Major issues and sub-problemsThis study seeks to study 1. The expression of feminism in Jane Eyre and Tess of the DUrbervilles, including the independent personalities, what did the characters do when they trapped in dilemma, their perception of love.2. The living conditions, social status and rights of women in Victorian era3. The source of feminism and developing process in that eraDelimitation and boundaries1. Do the research from the perspective of feminism2. Just analyze the two novels,Jane Eyre and Tess of the DUrbervilles3. State the living condition of women only in Victorian era.Key conceptsVictorian era （social status of women, literature）Man in Victorian era thinks that women are in inferior position , even the most famous poet and great leader of that time also have the same thought. Women are appreciated because they are obedient to their husband. Women dont have equal rights with man. For instance, when man and women get marry, the property brought by women will belong to her husband, when they divorce, women dont have guardianship right. Besides that for most of women, finding job is an incredible thing, much less have right to vote.Some great novelists try to reflect the true life of the public from different aspects at that time. Meanwhile, they carry the duty of criticizing the society and defending interest of people. Their novels with the same feature, they care about life and fate of general people, they show their anger for the poverty and injustice. The most vital thing is that they wake up the consciousness of social problem and development from the public. Their works truly reflects the reality and spirit of that era.Jane EyreJane Eyre is a representative work with autobiographical color of Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre was an orphan of poor clerical family. This young girl was placed in foster care with her aunt and uncle. However, Janes uncle passed away, she suffered ill-treat and bear discrimination from her aunt and cousins in decade. Later, she was sent to the ROM. Wood orphanage, where children had hard life and died in their bed. In that school, her best friend Helen passed away. Then the condition was improved, Jane got education for 6 years. As the leaving of her teacher -Miss temple Bohr， she left the school . Finally, she found a job in Thornfield manor as a tutor. Gradually, Jane fall in love with the host Mr Rochester. However, someone came to testify Mr Rochester had got married with the mad woman locked in the third floor of the abbey 15 years ago. They were separated by law in pain. Jane left the abbey and led a vagrant life. A priest St. John, her cousin took her in and gave her a job as a teacher in a school. Later, they got legacy left by Janes uncle. John proposed to Jane for a reason she fit to be a wife of priest. Jane refused him and went to visit Mr Rochester. However, she found the abbey became a total ruin. The mad woman died after falling from the building. Mr. Rochester lost an arm and eye for saving his mad wife. Finally, Jane Eyre got married with him and they had happy life. TessTesss father is a simple farmer, that he is descended from the illustrious DUrbervilles family or maybe not. He send Tess to check on a family named DUrbervilles living in a manor house less than a days carriage ride away. Alec is delighted to meet this beautiful “cousin”. Then, Alec falls in love with Tess and rapes her. She leaves the family and back to home, she finds she is pregnant. She is laughed and discriminated. After the baby dies, she begins work as milkmaid, there she meets her true love Angel Clare. They fall in love, but Angle does nt learn of her previous relationship with Alec until their wedding night and rejects her. Deserted by her husband, Tess meets Alec again, but poverty forces her to resume their relationship. Angle returns from traveling abroad, remorseful at his treatment of Tess, but finds her with Alec. Tess murders Alec in order to run away with Angle. They spend one night of happiness together before she is arrested and hung.British Feminist Literary Criticism British Feminist Literary Criticism has a long history. The most famous work is A Vindication of the Rights of Women written by Mary Wollstonecraft, published in the 1792. She holds the opinion that the educational degree of women should match their social status. She asserts women should be given the same social rights like men, rather than are treated as the subsidiaries of society or a part of family property. Her opinion of feminist criticism is carried on by people in 19th century and 20th century. For instance, some outstanding writers, Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, they express feminist feelings through characters in their novels.British feminism is divided into three groups: Liberal Feminism, Social feminism (Marxist feminism) and Radical Feminism. In the Victoriann era the liberal feminism which purpose is erasing the social distinction in law, politics, employment and other social fields of life via legal reform is the main trend.In the 20th Virginia Woolf gets the greatest achievement in the British feminist literary criticism because she puts forward the female economic independence consciousness. She pointed out economic independence has closed connection with education, privation of women restrict development of education.The second high tide of British feminism is motivate by a work Womens Two Ro