论《飘》中斯嘉丽的婚姻观(毕业论文)

毕业设计（论文）论飘中斯嘉丽的婚姻观SCARLETTSVIEWOFMARRIAGEINGONEWITHTHEWIND系部专业班级学生学号指导教师职称毕业设计（论文）任务书文理系商务英语专业08级（2011届）2班学生题目论飘中斯嘉丽的婚姻观专题题目（若无专题则不填）原始依据包括设计（论文）的工作基础、研究条件、应用环境、工作目的等玛格丽特米契尔MARGARETMITCHELL的巨作飘展现了美国南北战争时期南方动乱的社会现实，以女主人公斯嘉丽为主线，描写了几对青年的爱情纠葛。作品一问世就引起了广大读者和评论家的极大关注。其中有些评论家对女主人公斯佳丽的婚姻观进行了评述。在性别研究浅谈斯佳丽的婚姻悲剧中，作者分析了文学名著飘中的女主人公斯佳丽的悲剧婚姻。陈煜强在斯嘉丽的婚姻观马斯洛“需要理论”解读中运用了马斯洛的需要理论分析了斯嘉丽在不同的时期所确定的不同层次的需要,只要谁能满足她的需要,她就要委任以婚姻来保障她的需要能够得到较好地满足。由此我们可以看出飘中的女主人公斯佳丽展示了人性的某些真实特性,这些内容值得我们去研究和探讨。我们可以透过斯嘉丽每次婚姻的背景、特点，来看当时的历史，了解十九世纪的美国，了解美国女性主义的形成过程，也可通过研究斯嘉丽的爱情，树立正确的爱情观，以免后人再重蹈覆辙主要内容和要求（包括设计（研究）内容、主要指标与技术参数，并根据课题性质对学生提出具体要求）玛格丽特米切尔的小说飘中的主人公斯嘉丽是一个天生丽质，性格要强，勇于面对困难的女人，在经历了人生的跌宕起伏后，仍然能够坚强的面对人生，扛起整个家庭的重担。她出生于十九世纪中期，生活在美国南部佐治亚州一个富裕的庄园主家庭，她的母亲是优雅端庄的法国海滨贵族，父亲是粗狂豪爽的法兰西人，他们一个有着豪爽仗义的爱尔兰农民精明朴实的血统，一个有着极富教养的法国海滨贵族血统，斯佳丽就是这两种血统的交汇。加上其生活的佐治亚州是美国南方一个开化较晚、不拘礼仪的地区，那里有着独特的历史人文背景，孕育了一代具有极为浓厚的“南方性”情节的人们，这样的环境为斯佳丽性格的形成提供了自由的空间。于是特殊的家庭和特殊的社会环境造就了其特殊的性格水一般的温柔与火一样的热烈,这种性格使其对爱情有着特殊的理解，既勇于追求爱情，又把爱情当做生活的交换条件。为了生活，她自由的穿梭于各色男人之间，却忽略了自己内心的真实感情，所以她的婚姻不是建立在爱情上的，每一次婚姻都是为了满足的她的不同需要，虽然最后她重建了塔拉庄园，得到了自己梦寐以求的金钱、地位，却失去了最宝贵的爱情。日程安排2010年7月至9月搜集相关资料，对资料进行汇总2010年9月至11月完成开题报告2010年11月至2011年1月完成初稿2011年1月至3月论文修改2011年3月论文答辩主要参考文献和书目1牛冀莲战争中的铿锵玫瑰从女性主义角度看乱世佳人中斯佳丽的形象J黑龙江大学学报，2009,52马佳瑛多重性格的结合体浅析J西安翻译学院学报，2010,43韩艳莉郝佳丽“逝”不去的梦和人论中郝佳丽的女性主义意识J南昌高专学报,2008,44丁芸思嘉精神及其形象和审美价值J浙江大学报（社会科学版）,1990,35陈煜强斯嘉丽的婚姻观马斯诺“需要理论”解读M云南师范大学外语学院2007年6杨云试论乱世佳人中郝思嘉的艺术形象J大同职业技术学院学报,2004,97DONGHENGXUNTHEHISTORYOFAMERICANLITERATUREBEIJINGPEOPLELITERATUREPRESS，20038GUOYUANZHONG“ONTENDENCYOFIDEOLOGYINGONEWITHTHEWIND”HENANTEACHERSUNIVERSITY2005,41231249HEYUANYUAN“GONEWITHTHEWINDWILLNEVERGONEWITHTHEWIND”HUNANMETULLURGICALPROFESSIONALTECHNOLOGYCOLLEGE2006,337737910HUGUOXIAN“ADREAMOFAMERICAAREALSTORYABOUTSCARLETT”GUANGXIUNIVERSITYWUZHOUBRANCH2005,2525511JINGXINMEI“ONFEMINISMINGONEWITHTHEWIND”SCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESNANJINGNORMALUNIVERSITY2005,2768012LIYANBO“ASTUDYABOUTTHEREBELLIONINSCARLETTSCHARACTER”JOURNALOFMUDANTEACHERSUNIVERSITY2005,2131413MITCHELL,MARGARETGONEWITHTHEWINDYILIYILIPEOPLEPRESS，2001指导教师签字年月日教研室主任签字年月日注本表可自主延伸，各专业根据需调整毕业论文独创性声明本人声明所呈交的毕业论文是本人在导师指导下进行的研究工作及取得的研究成果。据我所知，除了文中特别加以标注和致谢的地方外，论文中不包含其他人已经发表或撰写过的研究成果，也不包含为获得江西理工大学或其他教育机构的毕业证书而使用过的材料。与我一同工作的同志对本研究所做的任何贡献均已在论文中作了明确的说明并表示谢意。论文作者签名（手写）签字日期年月日ABSTRACTMARGARETMITCHELLSNOVELGONEWITHTHEWINDISBASEDONTHECIVILWARWHICHHAPPENEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESINTHATPERIOD,THESITUATIONOFSOCIETYWASTURBULENTANDUNRESTITDESCRIBEDAFEWYOUTHLOVEIMBROGLIOAROUNDTHEHEROINESCARLETTSCARLETTWASBORNINTHEMIDNINETEENTHCENTURY,LIVINGINAWEALTHYFAMILYPLANTATIONOWNERINTHESOUTHERNGEORGIAONONEHAND,SHEHASKINDSOFGOODQUALITY,QUITE,GOODHEARTED,FULLOFABILITYLIKEHERMOTHERALANDAFRENCHSEASIDENOBLE,BUTONTHEOTHERHAND,SHEISRUGGEDLYGRACIOUSLIKEHERFATHERAFRENCHMANSHEHASCOURAGETOPURSUELOVE,BUTALSOREGARDSLOVEASALIFEOFANEXCHANGESHECANSHUTTLEFREELYINALLKINDSOFMEN,BUTNEGLECTSHEROWNHEARTSFEELINGS,SOHERMARRIAGEISNOTBASEDONLOVE,JUSTFORSATISFYINGHERNEEDINRETALIATIONFORASHLEY,SHEMARRIEDCHARLES,INORDERTOLIVE,SHEMARRIEDFRANK,ANDINORDERTOSATISFYTHEVANITY,SHEMARRIEDRHETTEVENTUALLY,SHEGOTTHEMONEY,POSITIONWHICHSHEWASDYINGFOR,REBUILTTHETARAMANOR,BUTSHELOSTTHEMOSTPRECIOUSTHINGLOVEBUTSHEISASTRONGGIRL,DARETOFACEANYDIFFICULTIESAFTEREXPERIENCINGTHEUPSANDDOWNSOFLIFE,ANDRAISETHEWHOLEFAMILYAFTERREADINGHERMARRIAGESTORY,WECANUNDERSTANDTHEAMERICANCULTUREINTHENINETEENTHCENTURYANDKNOWAMERICANFEMINISTFORMINGPROCESSWHATSMORE,WECANESTABLISHTHECORRECTVIEWOFLOVETHROUGHTHERESEARCHOFHERLOVE,LESTPOSTERITYTOREPEATKEYWORDSSCARLETTLOVELIFEMARRIAGE摘要玛格丽特米契尔MARGARETMITCHELL的巨作飘展现了美国南北战争时期南方动乱的社会现实，以女主人公斯嘉丽为主线，描写了几对青年的爱情纠葛。故事的女主人公斯嘉丽出生于十九世纪中期，生活在美国南方开化较晚、不拘礼仪的佐治亚州，那里有着独特的历史人文背景，孕育了一代具有极为浓厚的“南方性”情节的人们，这样的环境为斯佳丽性格的形成提供了自由的空间。于是特殊的家庭和特殊的社会环境造就了其特殊的性格水一般的温柔与火一样的热烈,这种性格使其对爱情有着特殊的理解，既勇于追求爱情，又把爱情当做生活的交换条件，每一次婚姻都是为了满足她的不同需要。为了报复艾希礼，她嫁给了查尔斯，为了生活，她嫁给了弗兰克，为了满足虚荣心，她嫁给了瑞德。虽然最后她得到了自己梦寐以求的金钱、地位，重建了塔拉庄园，却失去了最宝贵的爱情。我们可以透过斯嘉丽每次婚姻的背景、特点，来看当时的历史，了解十九世纪的美国，了解美国女性主义的形成过程，也可通过研究斯嘉丽的爱情，树立正确的爱情观，以免后人再重蹈覆辙。关键词斯嘉丽；爱情；生活；婚姻CONTENTSABSTRACTIINTRODUCTION1IISCARLETTSLIVINGBACKGROUND1IIISCARLETTSMARRIAGE231SCARLETTSFIRSTMARRIAGE2311BACKGROUNDOFSCARLETTSFIRSTMARRIAGE2312THECHARACTERISTICSOFSCARLETTSFIRSTMARRIAGE2313THERESULTOFSCARLETTSFIRSTMARRIAGE332SCARLETTSSECONDMARRIAGE3321BACKGROUNDOFSCARLETTSSECONDMARRIAGE3322THECHARACTERISTICSOFSCARLETTSSECONDMARRIAGE3323THERESULTOFSCARLETTSSECONDMARRIAGE433SCARLETTSTHIRDMARRIAGE4331BACKGROUNDOFSCARLETTSTHIRDMARRIAGE4332THECHARACTERISTICSOFSCARLETTSTHIRDMARRIAGE4333THERESULTOFSCARLETTSTHIRDMARRIAGE5334SETUPTHECORRECTLOVEVIEW5IVCONCLUSION6BIBLIOGRAPHYACKNOWLEDGEMENT目录摘要第一章引言1第二章斯嘉丽的生活背景1第三章斯嘉丽的婚姻231斯嘉丽的第一次婚姻2311斯嘉丽第一次婚姻的背景2312斯嘉丽第一次婚姻的特点2313斯嘉丽第一次婚姻的结果332斯嘉丽的第二次婚姻3321斯嘉丽第二次婚姻的背景3322斯嘉丽第二次婚姻的特点3323斯嘉丽第二次婚姻的结果433斯嘉丽的第三次婚姻4331斯嘉丽第三次婚姻的背景4332斯嘉丽第三次婚姻的特点4333斯嘉丽第三次婚姻的结果5334树立正确的爱情观5第四章结束语6致谢参考文献IINTRODUCTIONTHENOVEL“GONEWITHTHEWIND”WRITTENBYAMERICANWRITERMARGARETMITCHELLSHOCKEDMEDEEPLY,ANDSHEFINISHEDTHISGREATWORKWITHONEBILLIONWORDSIN1936THESTORYSTARTEDFROMAPRIL,1861,SPANNING12YEARS,ANDTHEBACKGROUNDWASUSCIVILWARTHEWRITERNOTONLYCREATEDAMYTH,BUTALSOSHOWSHEROWNPERSO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