Abstract:ThispaperfirstexploresJaneAusten’sattitudetowardmarriageinSenseandSensibilitythroughherdescriptionofElinorandMarianne,twoheroinesinthenovel.Itthendiscussesthecontemporaryinfluenceofit.IntheRegentperiod,thesocialstatusofwomenwaslowandtherightswerenotprotected.Withtheawakeningoffemaleconsciousness,thesesituationswereimprovedtoagreatdegree.Austinthinksthatmarriagerequireslove,however,inthesocietyatthattime,classisthefirstthreshold,andmarriageturnedintoequivalentcommoditiestrading,womenaretreatedasgoodstobesold.Loveisnotquiteaconsiderationwhenitcomestomarriage.Austinabhorsthecommercialkindofmarriage,advocatingfreeandromanticlove,abreakthroughofthetraditionalviewofmarriage,maybeitcanduetotheadvocatingofthenewideas“liberty,equality,fraternity".However,Austenisreserveandsensible,discussinghowlackingofcanaffectpeople’slife.Marianne’selasticlovetowardWilloughbycanbedetrimentaltoherreputation,andwhensheisdumpedbyhim,sheiscompletelydesperateandbroken.Austenshowshersarcasticandcontemptuousattitudetowardsuchbehaviors.Onthecontrary,sheappreciatesElinor’scharacter,reasonablewhileaboundinginfeelings.Theconflictsbetweensenseandsensibilitymakeupthecharacters’complexandcontradictorypersonalities,arousingreader'sinterestandthinking,thusbecominganenduringtopic.TheideasputforwardbyJaneAustenmorethantwohundredyearsagoarestillinstructivetoday.Thecontradictionsbetweenmoneyandlove,senseandsensibilityisweakening,sincepeoplearepayingmoreattentiontotheeconomicfoundationandexpectingmoreresonanceoftasteandemotion.Itcanhardlybedeniedthatpeopleofdifferentclasseswillfinditgrowinglydifficulttoproducethiskindofresonance.Therefore,aslongaswestrikethebalanceofsenseandsensibility,getridofunrealisticfantasyandtheideaofmoneyworship,andbuilditonthebasisofequalityandmutualrespect,ahappymarriagemaynotbeautopianfantasy.Keywords:sense,sensibility,attitude,marriage简•奥斯汀的婚姻观——以《理智与情感》为例摘要:首先根据《理智与情感》原著，探究作者对埃莉诺与玛丽安两个女主人公感情和婚姻轨迹的描述，分析其背后奥斯汀对于婚姻的态度。接着探讨奥斯汀的婚姻挂在当代具有的现实意义。奥斯汀所处的英国摄政王时期，女性的地位低下，权利也得不到保障，然而，女性意识不断提高，使得这些情况有很大改善。奥斯汀认为，婚姻需要双方的感情，在当时社会，门第阶层是第一门槛，婚姻演变成了对等的商品交易，女性被父母和家族当作商品一样估价而售，爱情似乎是人们最不齿的事情。奥斯汀厌恶这种商业性质的婚姻，崇尚双方自由而浪漫的爱情，突破了英国传统的婚姻观，也许这离不开当时崇尚“自由，平等，博爱”的新思潮。然而，奥斯汀同时又性格沉敛，充满理性，她在书中探讨了缺乏理性的感情的危害，玛丽安对威洛比不知收敛的表达爱意，引来旁人的猜疑，玷污了自己的名誉，同时还遭受了威洛比的抛弃，可以说表现了奥斯汀对盲目感情的讽刺和鄙夷，她认为应像埃莉诺一样，富有感情又充满理性。奥斯汀的作品中，理智与情感互相角逐，彼此冲击，构成了人物复杂又矛盾的个性，引起读者思考，引发学者研究。二百多年前简•奥斯汀所提出的观念到今天仍具有启发意义，爱情与面包，理智与情感的矛盾正在减弱，人们注重财富，同时也寄托于趣味和情感的共鸣，而不得不否认，不同阶层的人很难产生这种共鸣，所以只要平衡好理智与情感，抛开不切实际的臆想，摆脱拜金的理念，婚姻幸福可以不再是乌托邦式的构想。关键词：理智,情感，婚姻,态度ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbstract1.Introduction1.1JaneAusten’sLifeExperienceandLiteratureAchievements.(1)1.2ABriefIntroductionofSenseandSensibility(3)2.Elinor’sandMarianne’sAttitudetowardMarriage2.1E...
