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在《理智与情感》一书中,埃莉诺与玛丽安的“趣味之争”折射了18世纪英国情感主义思潮的复杂性,而这种复杂性与英国中产阶级的发展密切相关。一方面,情感与善感是中产阶级提升自身文化地位并使之合法化的重要途径之一;另一方面,情感主义的过度发展却会导致社会失序,不利于中产阶级的稳定发展。有鉴于此,奥斯丁把“心智培育”提到了一个较高的位置,希望以此形成正确的“趣味”判断,并有效调和激情与理性、利己与利他、个人与社会之间的对立。埃莉诺与玛丽安的“趣味”之争看似无足轻重,却折射了18世纪末到19世纪初英国中产阶级修正自身极端自由主义的倾向,以及着眼于整体发展的文化诉求。
In Sense and Sensibility, Eleonor and Marianne’s “Fun Fight” reflects the complexity of the eighteenth century British sentimentalist ideology, which is closely linked to the development of the British middle class. On the one hand, emotion and good sense are one of the important ways for the middle class to elevate and legitimize their own cultural status. On the other hand, the excessive development of sentiment can lead to social disorder and detrimental to the stable development of the middle class. In view of this, Austin referred to “mental cultivation” in a higher position in the hope of forming a correct “taste” judgment and effectively reconciling passion and reason, self-interest and altruism, individual and social Opposition between. The seemingly insignificant “elegance” between Eleanor and Marianne reflects the propensity of the British middle class to correct its own extreme liberalism from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, as well as its cultural appeal for overall development.