雾都孤儿南希人物性格分析英语论文.docx

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雾都孤儿南希人物性格分析英语论文

新疆财经大学本科毕业论文

题目：

雾都孤儿中南希的人物性格分析

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学号：

2008102083

院部：

外国语学院

专业：

英语

年级：

2008级

指导教师

姓名及职称：

王莹（）

完成日期：

2012年3月9日

AnAnalysisofNancy’scharacterinOliverTwist

AThesisSubmitted

toSchoolofForeignLanguagesof

XinjiangUniversityofFinanceandEconomics

inPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirements

fortheDegreeofBachelorofArts

By

YuQingya

Supervisor：

WangYing

March9th,2012

Acknowledgements

Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhohelpedmeduringthewritingofthisthesis.

Iwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisor,WangYingwhogivesmeconsiderablehelpsuggestion,commentsandcriticism.Hisencouragementandunwaveringsupporthassustainedmethroughfrustrationanddepression.Withouthispushingmeahead,thecompletionofthisthesiswouldbeimpossible.

IwouldalsowanttoexpressmygratitudetoLiuXiaoling,Mr.C,WangFengxia,ZhaoWeiliandotherteacherswhohavetaughtmeduringtheseyearsfortheirbrilliantandenlighteninglecturesinliterature,translationandlinguistics.

Inaddition,Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetomyparentsandmyfriendswhohavebeenassisting,supportingmeallofmylife.

摘要

 人类的性格是一种矛盾体，有许多色彩丑恶不堪，也有一些极其美丽。

这是一种矛盾，一种异态，一种表面看来不可能的现象，然而这是真实。

狄更斯在小说《雾都孤儿》中塑造的南希这一人物形象仅仅是小说中的一个次主要角色,但却是小说中一个极为典型的人物。

她不像小说中的其他人物一样表现出或者好或者坏的某一面,而是在某些时刻表现出来的好的一面,某些时刻又表现出坏的一面。

正因为这样,这个人物才更贴近于生活,这个人物性格之复杂才值得我们来探究。

本文以英国批判现实主义大师查尔斯·狄更斯的小说《雾都孤儿》为主要研究资料。

首先，本文从英国批判现实主义的定义及作者生平入手，再重点从她的一系列行动来分析她的双重性格及成因。

无论环境多么恶劣，它都无法泯灭人类本性中的善良成分并由此引出作者对人类善良本性的呼唤及对现代教育体系的批判，这不但能引起读者对这位迷途知返的“女贼”的同情，更有助于我们认识她所处的那个社会的真

面目。

关键词：

雾都孤儿；南希的双重性格；等级制度；批判主义

Abstract

Humanpersonalityisacontradiction,therearemanycolorsuglybear,therearesomeextremelybeautiful.Thisisacontradiction,ananomaly,aseeminglyimpossiblesituation,butitistrue.Nancyisonlyoneofthesecondarymajorrolesinthenovel—"OliverTwist"whichwrittenbyCharlesDickensbutitisaverytypicalfigureinthenovel.Shewasnotliketheothercharactersjustshowgoodsideorthebad,butatsomepoint,showsthepositiveside,sometimesshowthemeanone.Becauseofthis,thisfigureismoreclosetolife,itscomplexitycharacterworthustostudy.ThisthesistakesOliverTwistwrittenbyfamouscriticalrealistauthorCharlesDickensasmajormaterial.Firstly,thisarticlewillbeginwiththedefinitionofcriticalrealismandDickens’life,thenfocusonaseriesofactionsfromhertoanalysishercharacterandfactors.Nomatterhowcruelthesurroundingis,goodnesswillneverbeeliminatedandtheauthorwantstocallforthenatureofgoodnessandtocriticizetheeducationsysteminEngland.Thiscannotonlycausereaderstosympathywiththis“WomenThief”whorealizehererrorsandmendherways,butalsohelpsustoknowthetruefeaturesofthatsociety.

Keywords:

 OliverTwist;Nancy'sdoublecharacter;Hierarchy;Criticism

TableofContents

Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………

Abstract（Chinese）………………………………………………………………………………

Abstract………………………………………………………………………………III

TableofContents………………………………………………………………………………

PartOneIntroduction…………………………………………………………………………1

PartTwoAnIntroductiontotheAuthor…………………………………………………1

2.1TheAuthor:

CharlesDickens…………………………………………………………1

2.1.1TheDefinitionofCriticalRealism…………………………………………2

2.1.2Dickens’Life…………………………………………………………………2

2.1.3Dickens’WritingStyle…………………………………………………………3

2.2ThemainstoryofOliverTwist………………………………………………………4

PartThreeAnAnalysisofNancy’sDoubleCharacter………………………………………5

3.1NancyHoldaCandletotheDevil………………………………………5

3.1.1NancyistoBugandInterceptOliver…………………………………………5

3.1.2TheProtectionofTheftGang……………………………………………6

3.2Nancy’sGoodNature………………………………………………………………6

3.2.1NancySavesOliverinDistress…………………………………………………6

3.2.2NancyRevealsinsideStoryofOliver’sBirth……………………………………7

3.2.3FaithfultotheLove………………………………………………………………8

PartFourTheReasonsforNancy’sComplicatedCharacter…………………………………9

4.1TragicLifeofNancy……………………………………………………………………9

4.1.1ComparisonbetweenNancyandRose’sBirth……………………………………9

4.1.2SignificantContrastbetweenNancyandOliver’sBirth…………………………10

4.2InfluenceofFeudalSocietyonNancy’sCharacter……………………………………10

4.2.1InterpersonalApathyEffectsonNancy’sCharacter……………………………10

4.2.2TheHeavilyFortifiedHierarchy…………………………………………………10

PartFiveAssociatedwithModernSociety……………………………………………………11

5.1TheCallofGoodness…………………………………………………………………11

5.2EducationSystemNeedstobeImproved……………………………………………11

PartSixConclusion……………………………………………………………………………12

Notes…………………………………………………………………………………………13

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………14

PartOneIntroduction

CharlesDickenswasaprominentcriticalrealistinthemid19thcentury.Hehasaworldofsympathyforthemisseriesandasrongfeelingforthepoorlaboringmasses.Hecriedfloutloudagainstsocialinjusticebuthehadneverthoughtofoverthrowingtheexistingsocialorder.Byexposingthesocialinjusticeandthevicesoftheupperclass,heputshisheartintodepictingthemiserableexistenceofthecommonpeople.HegivesatruthfulpictureofcapitalistEnglandofthetime.Dickens’vividdescriptioncreatesmanylifelikecharacterswhichimpressthereadersdeeplyintheirmemoryafterreading.OliverTwistisoneofhismasterpieceswhichmarkedthebeginningofhisliterarylife.Thisnovelwasfamousforexposingthedarksidesofpeoplelivedoutofthattime.Inthisnovel,Nancyisatypicalcharacterwholivedinthebottomofthesociety.ShehadthesamesufferingwithOliverTwist,butshedidn’thaveahappyendlikeOliverTwist.ThisthesisisprovidedtohelpreadersappreciatethiscriticalnovelbyanalyzingNancy’scomplexcharacter.I’mgoingtoexplorethereasonsofshapingherdoublecharactersfromdifferentaspects.BydiscoveringtherootofDickens’mindandassociationwithmodernsociety,Ihopethatwillbehelpfultounderstandhiswork.First,thebasicinformationwillbeintroducedtoyou.

PartTwoAnIntroductiontoOliverTwist

2.1TheAuthor:

CharlesDickens

CharlesDickens,oneofthemostfamouswriters,isthefounderofcriticalrealisticliteratureinthe19thcentury.Mostofhisworksallbelongtotheliterarymasterpiecesathomeandabroad,whichhavethefar-reachinginfluenceupontheliterature.TheagehelivedwastherisingperiodofEnglishcapitalism.Thetransformationandthedevelopmentofthesocietyprovidedrichmaterialsforhiswriting.Dickenswrotemanyworks,connectinghismiserableexperienceswiththecapitalistsociety.Inaddition,apartofDickens’successwasduetotheinfluenceofothercriticalwriters.Inthatperiod,Dickenswas“theclassicsknownbyeveryone”and“thesymbolofthemythicnationalism”,whichwasdescribedbythemodernliteraturecritic,PhilCollins.Thisthesiswillintroducehimfromthreeaspects:

whatiscriticalrealism,Dickens’lifeandhiswritingstyles.

2.1.1TheDefinitionofCriticalRealism

AsweallknowthatDickensisarepresentativecriticalrealist,butwhatiscriticalrealism?

Criticalrealismisaphilosophicalviewofknowledge.Ontheonehanditholdsthatitispossibletoacquireknowledgeabouttheexternalworldasitreallyis,independentlyofthehumanmindorsubjectivity.Thatiswhyitiscalledrealism.Ontheotherhanditrejectstheviewofnaïverealismthattheexternalworldisasitisperceived.Recognizingthatperceptionisafunctionof,andthusfundamentallymarkedby,thehumanmind,itholdsthatonecanonlyacquireknowledgeoftheexternalworldbycriticalreflectiononperceptionanditsworld.Thatiswhyitiscalledcritical

2.1.2Dickens’Life

CharlesDickens,thegreatestrepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism,wasbornin1812atPortsmouth,wherehisfatherwasaclerkintheNavyPayOffice.Whenhewasaboutfouryearsofage,hisfamilymovedtoChatham,andthefiveyearshespenttherewerethehappiestofallhisboyhood.WhatschoolingDickenshadhegotatChathamatasmallday-school.

In1821theDickensfamilymovedtoapoorquarterinLondon.Mr.Dickenswasheavilyindebtanddidnotknowwhichwaytoturnformoney.Thefewpossessionstheyhadweresoldonebyone,butthingsstillwentfrombadtoworse.FinallyMr.DickenswastakentotheMarshalseaPrison,London,fordebt.ShortlyafterwardsMrs.Dickensandtheyoungerchildrenwenttotheprisontojointhefather.

    Meanwhilethe12-year-oldCharles,weakandsensitive,wassenttoworkinanundergroundcellaratablackingfactoryintheEastEndofLondon.Worktherebeganateightinthemorningandendedateightatnight.Hisjobwas"tocoverthepotsofpaste-blacking;firstwithapieceofoil-paper,andthenwithabitofbluepaper;totiethemroundwithastring;andthentoclipthepapercloseandneat,allround,untilitlookedassmartasapotofointmentfromanapothecary'sshop".Afterthis,hehadtopasteontheprintedlabel.Heworkedthusatthescantywageof6shillingsaweek.Itwasthemostunhappytimethroughouthiswholelife.Hewaslonelyandhungry.Hefelthisearlyhopeofgrowinguptobealearnedandfamousmancrushedinhisheart.Yearslaterhewrote:

"Ineversaid,tomanorboy,howitwasIcametobethere,orgavetheleastindicationofbeingsorrythatIwasthere.ThatIsufferedinsecret,andthatIsufferedexquisitely,nooneeverknewbutme."

Sundayshespentattheprison,andduringtheweekhewasoutworkingallday.Hehadtokeephimselfinfoodonhisownwages."Itried,butineffectually,nottoanticipatemymoney,andtomakeitlast