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Whilestickingtotheprincipleoffaithfulrepresentationofthe18th-centuryrealistnovel,hecarriedthedutytothecriticismofthesocietyandthedefenseofthemass.

2.Heisamasterstoryteller.Withhisfirstsentence,heengagesthereader’sattentionandholdsittotheend.

3.Whathewritesismainlythemiddleandlower-middleclasslifeinLondon.

4.Heisamasteroflanguagewithalargevocabularyandanadeptnesswiththevernacular.

5.Heisagreathumoristaswellasagreatpainterofpathos.Healwaysminglesthetwotomakehisfictionalworldrealistic.

6.Hischaractersarenotonlytruetolifebutalsolargethanlife.Therearebothindividualcharactersandtypecharacters.

II.CharlotteBronte’sJaneEyre

1.Theme:

ThenovelsharplycriticizesthereligioushypocrisyofcharityinstitutionslikeLowoodSchool,wheregirlsaretrainedtobehumbleslaves.Itrebukesthesocialdiscriminationandfalseconventionaboutloveandmarriage.Besides,thenovelisamoralfable.Ittellsusthatpeoplehavetogothroughallkindsofphysicalormoralteststoobtaintheirfinalhappiness.

2.ThecharacteranalysisofJaneEyre:

JaneEyreisanorphanchildwithafieryspiritandalongingtoloveandbeloved.Sheispoorandplain,butshedarestolovehermaster,amansuperiortoherinmanyways,asalittlegoverness.Sheisbraveenoughtodeclaretothemanherloveforhim.Shecutsacompletelynewwomenimage.Sherepresentsthosemiddle-classworkingwomenwhoarestrugglingforrecognitionoftheirbasicrightsandequalityasahumanbeing.

III.EmilyBronte’sWutheringHeight

1.Thenovelisanextraordinarymovinglovestory:

thepassionbetweenHeathcliffandCatherineisthemostintense,beautiful,andthemosthorriblepassionseverfoundamonghumanbeings.

2.Itisalsoaworkofcriticalrealism.Heathcliffisabused,rejectedanddistortedbythesocietyonlybecauseheisapoororphanofobscureparents.Hesuffersallkindsofinhumantreatmentafterthedeathofhisbenefactor.HelovesCatherinedearlybutforcedtobeseparatedfromher.So,Heathcliff’scruelrevengeuponhisenemiesisjustifiedinaway.

3.Theauthormakesclearthatitiswrongtodiscriminateonthebasisofsocialstatus,anditiscruelanddestructivetobreakgenuine,naturalhumanpassions.AlthoughCatherineandEdgar’smarriageisidealintheeyesofthewholeneighborhood,herloveforHeathcliffishardandeverlasting.

I.ThefeaturesofShaw’splays:

1.Problemplays:

Hetookthemodernsocialissuesashissubjectwiththeaimofdirectingsocialreforms.Mostofhisplaysareconcernedwithpolitical,economic,orreligiousproblems.

2.Inhischaracterization,hemakesthetricksofshowinguponecharactervividlyattheexpenseofanother.Hischaractersaretherepresentativesofideas,whichshiftandalterduringtheplay.

3.Thestrongsenseofcomedyinhisplayareachievedthroughhiswittydialogues,sharpsatires,andvividportrayalofcharacters.

II.ThethemeofShaw’sMrs.Warren’sprofession

1.Theplayisnotonlymoral,butalsohasastrongrealistictheme.Theguiltforprostitutionliesmoreuponthesocialsystemthanimmoralwoman.Heshowsallhumansufferingsareconsequencesoftheeconomicexploitation.

2.TheplayisaspiritualtriumphforViviewhoexperiencesajourneyfromillusiontoreality.Atfirst,sheisignorantoftheevil,andthroughaseriesoftemptations,sheunderstandsthecapitalistworldbetter.

D.H.Lawrence’sSonsandLovers

Sociologically,itisanovelaboutmoderncivilization,the“sicknessofawholecivilization”.Psychologically,itisacasestudyoftheOedipuscomplextheory,foritdealswithasonwholovesthemothertoodearlyandhatesthefathertoodespisingly.Thepsychicconflict（betweendarkselfandwhiteself）inhumanrelationshipsisthecentralthemeofthenovel.

2.ThecharacteranalysisofPaulMorel:

Heisalight,quick,slenderboy.Fromhischildhood,heisespeciallysensitive,artisticandimaginative,andhebecomesextraordinarilydependentonhismother.Whenhegetsolder,hisdistortedrelationshipwithhismotherpreventshimfromlovinggirlsasfullyashefeelsheshould.Besides,Paulisalsoanartist,andalikeableyoungmanadoredbymanygirls.

Thefeaturesofstreamofconsciousness

1.Theunspokenthoughtsandfeelingsoftheircharactersaredescribedwithoutresortingtoobjectivedescriptionorconventionaldialogue.

2.Thefluxofacharacter’sthoughts,impressions,emotionsareoftenshownwithoutlogicalsequenceorsyntax.

Wordsworth’poem

WilliamWordsworthwasoneofthegreatestpoetsoftheages,whoexcelledinvividdescriptionsofnatureandthejoythatcouldbederivedfromthebeautiesofnature.Formuchofhislifehel