The Economic Influence on Marriage in Pride and Prejudice开题报告

1. 研究目的与意义

#8220;It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.#8221; Here is the first sentence in the whole novel. To analyze the educational meaning of#8220;Pride and Prejudice#8221;, I think the influence of economy on marriage in this book is the most significant point to be considered. By writing the paper, I am going to compare the happy marriage and unhappy ones in the book, find out the differences of the economic basics of both sides and finally analyze the direct and indirect impact of economy on love and marriage. As a result of my research, the realistic significance which I hope to obtain is a deeper understanding of marriage and attract more attention of the word #8220;money#8221;.

2. 研究内容和预期目标

the paper is based on the novel #8220;pride and prejudice#8221; written by jane austin. in the book, writer narrated several couples of men and women which get married in that special period of time, by comparing the different classes, education backgrounds, emotions and the most important one--economic basics, critically told the great impact of economy on marriage.

the key problem to be researched is how economy affects the marriage of different people, how it express in different aspects and how it leads the direction and final results of different couples.

aiming at doing research on different marriages in the book, in this paper i will list four different couples with different situations and also, different results. by taking them into comparison, i am going to get a direct conclusion of the influence of economy and tell the realistic significance in today''''''''s society.

3. 国内外研究现状

austen#8217;s popular works have been attracting attentions of scholars in literature fields

for centuries.

in abroad, even in austen#8217;s time, critics noticed austen#8217;s genius in writing and made

4. 计划与进度安排

1. introduction

2. literature review

5. 参考文献

chuanbo liu. selected reading in british and american literature [c]. beking： gaodeng jiaoyu press, 2001.

cecil david. portrait of jane austen [m]. london：penguin, 1978.

tony tanner. jane austen [m]. boston:harvard university press, 1988.