Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre as the heroine of Dream of Red Mansions and Jane Eyre are two very distinctive features of the literary characters. They have a striking similarity in terms of life experience, etc., but entirely different in encounters and love. Comparing their similarities and differences not only help readers deepen their understanding of two literary works, and it helps the reader understand the cultural differences between Chinese and Britain. The thesis compares and analysis Lin Tai-yu with Jane Eyre from the cross-culture cultural point in their personalities, similar life experience and love but different life circumstances and emotional journey to explore and reveal the concepts of love between Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre and the cultural roots, thus accelerating cross-cultural communication between China and Britain and promoting the relationship between two peoples.56979
Keywords: Lin Tai-yu; Jane Eyre; Concepts of love; culture roots
摘要林黛玉和简爱作为《红楼梦》和《简爱》的女主人公，是极具鲜明特色的文学人物形象。她们在身世经历等方面具有惊人的相似性，但两者的遭遇，爱情结局等又截然不同。比较她们的异同既有利于读者加深对两部文学作品的理解，又有利于读者了解中英两国文化差异。本文从跨文化的角度对比分析林黛玉，简爱在身世，性格恋爱等颇为相似又不同的人生境遇与情感历程，探讨并揭示林黛玉与简爱爱情观差异及其文化根源，从而促进中英两国文化交流，增进中英两国人民的友谊。
毕业论文关键词：林黛玉；简爱；爱情观；文化根源
Contents
1. Introduction1
2. Literature Review1
3. Brief Introduction of Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre...2
3.1 Lin Tai-yu2
3.2 Jane Eyre3
4. The Concepts of Love of Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre.5
4.1 The birth of love5
4.2 The development of love ...5
4.3 The end of love ...9
5. The Reasons for the Differences in the Concepts of
Love Between Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre ..10
5.1 Differences in the living environment.10
5.2 Differences in social time background.10
5.3 Differences in Chinese and British culture in that time.11
6. Conclusion.13
Works Cited...14
1. Introduction
Lin Tai-yu is one of the principal characters of Cao Xueqin's classic Chinese novel Dream of Red Mansions. She is portrayed as a well-educated, intelligent and beautiful young woman. The romance between Tai-yu and Jia Pao-yu forms one of the main threads of the book. Her sentimental character has impressed many people in the world. Jane Eyre is the main character in the novel named Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. She is a fictional character, and in our hearts she will stay. This incredible lady in her beloved story has carried on through the centuries to inspire all its readers. Jane is a cherished woman with whom everyone can find a bit of themselves in.
Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre as the heroine of Dream of Red Mansions and Jane Eyre are two very distinctive features of the literary characters. They have a striking similarity in terms of life experience but entirely different in encounters and love. Comparing their similarities and differences not only help readers deepen their understanding of two literary works, and it helps the reader understand the cultural differences between Chinese and Britain.
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Jane Eyre is one of the most concern works by scholars from various countries in literary criticism topic worldwide Bronte Literature. Since it was introduced to Chinese readers in 1917, Jane Eyre has been universally welcomed and discussed by Chinese readers and scholars all the time and gradually becomes a hotspot of Western literary criticism in China .After the advent of Dream of Red Mansions which aroused people’s comments and research on it, and now these researches have become an art. there are many researches on the two works from different angles, such as Lu Yuling and Yang Jingyuan, they make a research on Jane Eyre’s view on women and concept of love separately; and another two scholars, Peng Hongwei and Xue Liping who have conducted a comparison between Lin Tai-yu and Jane Eyre briefly. 林黛玉简爱中英女性爱情观比较:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_61563.html