Abstract: Jane Austen, the most outstanding woman novelist at the end of 18th century, was the first important woman writer in the history of English literature as well. In her short life, she has created six complete novels and left behind three fragments. Apparently, she writes about everyday life, but in fact, Austen describes many women characters in detail from her individual feminist perspective and focuses on the improvement of their ability and status, which reveals the awakening feminist consciousness. All her novels have been interpreted by many critics. However, so far the analyses about Persuasion are mainly focused on the view of love and marriage etc, while there is little study on the feminist consciousness. Therefore, this thesis tries to put more emphasis on the detailed description of Anne and other women characters from Austen’s feminist viewpoints and to explore Austen’s feminist consciousness and the social significance as well.
Key words: Jane Austen; Persuasion; women characters; feminist consciousness
摘要：简·奥斯汀是18世纪末杰出的英国女小说家，同时也是英国文学史上第一个重要的女作家。在短短的一生中，她共创作出了六部小说和三个未完成的故事片断。表面看来，奥斯汀的作品是在描写琐碎的日常生活，其实她在小说中从她特有的女性主义角度通过对女性人物的描写，突出了女性能力和地位的提升，反映了女性意识的觉醒。文学评论者对奥斯汀的名作都进行过了分析和评论。但是，迄今为止，对《劝导》的研究大多集中在她笔下的女性的婚姻观、爱情观上，而对《劝导》中女性人物形象所反映出来的女性意识的研究较少。所以本文从奥斯汀特有的女性观念出发，通过对女主人公安妮和其他女性人物的详细分析，探讨了作品中所反映的奥斯汀的女性意识及其体现出来的社会意义。
关键词：简·奥斯汀；《劝导》；女性人物；女性意识
