Suchathesiswillbeofgreatsignificanceforthereaders:atfirst,thedesignoftheplotandtheartisticfeaturesofthisnovelwillbeintroducedindetailsinthisthesisandsuchintroductionwillhelpreaderstohaveabetterunderstandingofthenoticeablefeaturesofthisnovel.Besides,theintroductionofartisticfeaturesofthisnovelcouldhelpreaderstogetsomecluesabouthowtowritenovels.Secondly,themajorcharacters’conceptofmarriageandlovewillbeintroducedindetailsinthisthesisandsuchanalysiscouldhelpreaderstohaveabetterunderstandingofthecultureofUKattheendofthe18thcenturyandthebeginningofthe19thcentury.Inadditiontotheconceptofthecharacters,thereasonsfortheformationofsuchconceptarealsoanalyzedinthisthesissothatreaderscouldhaveadeeperunderstandingofthesocialbackgroundofthestoryinthisnovel.InshortthisthesiscouldbeinformativeenoughforthereaderswhoareinterestedinnovelwritingandthehistoryofUK.
Inordertomakesureoftheconciseandlogicalityoftheinformation,thisthesisisdesignedasfollows:thefirstchapteristheintroductionofthisthesis,includingtheresearchbackgroundandresearchsignificance.Thesecondchapteristheintroductionofthisnovelandtherewillbetwopartsinthischapter,includingtheintroductionoftheplotdesignandtheartisticfeatures.Thethirdchapteristheanalysisofthemajorconceptofmarriageandlovepresentedinthisnovelandtheconceptisintroducedfromfourperspectives:theconceptofthefourpairsofloversinthisnovel.Thefourthchapteristheintroductionofthereasonsfortheformationoftheconcept,includingtheinfluenceoftimeandsociety,aswellasJaneAustin’spersonalexperiences.Thefifthchapteristheenlightenmentofthisnovelonreaders,includingthepriorityofpersonalitytophysicalappearance,theemphasisonlove,insteadofwealth,thebeliefthatloveisthepreconditionofmarriageandthatthehappymarriageequalstoloveandmoney.Followingsuchsteps,theinformationabouttheconceptofloveandmarriageispresentedinthisthesis.
I.TheMajorPlotandArtisticFeaturesofPrideandPrejudice
Inthischapter,thegeneralinformationaboutthisnovelwillbeintroducedindetails.Theintroductionwillbedividedintotwoparts:themajorplotofthisnovelandtheartisticvalueofthisnovel.
1.1MajorPlotofPriceandPrejudice
1.2ArtisticValueofPriceandPrejudice
Allinall,theself-contradictionofthecharacters,theharmlessconflictsandtheconfusingofthecharactersmadethisnovelofhighartisticvalue.
II.ConceptofMarriageandLoveoftheFourPairsofPeopleinPrideandPrejudice
Inthisfamousnovel,theconceptofthecharactersisofgreatimportanceintheplotdevelopmentsincetheconceptcoulddeterminehowthecharactersreacttothethingsthathappenedtothem.Inthefollowingpart,theimportantcharacters’conceptofmarriageandlovewillbeanalyzedindetails.