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SomethingaboutCharlesDickens

SomethingaboutCharlesDickens

IhaveeverreadsomenovelsofCharlesDickens.AfterfinishingtheBritishLiterature,IfindIenjoyCharlesDickensanddecidetostarttoreadmorehisworks.HenceIfindsomeinformationabouthimtosharewithyou.

Life

CharlesDickenswasthemostpopularEnglishnovelistoftheVictorianeraandheremainspopular,hisnovelshavedelightedgenerationsofreaderswiththeirwarmthandgentlehumor,andhisbusylifehelpedtoshapesomeofhismostvibrantscenesandfamouscharacters.

ThedefiningmomentofDickens’slifeoccurredwhenhewas12yearsold.Withhisfatherindebtors'prison,hewaswithdrawnfromschoolandforcedtoworkinafactory.Thoughhereturnedtoschoolat13,hisformaleducationendedat15.Asayoungman,heworkedasareporter.Fatheroftenchildren,Dickensstruggledwithanunhappymarriage,butheworkeduntiringlyallhislife,achievinggreatfameandfortune.

Hisreadingtours,whichindulgedhisloveofthestage,enabledhimtoreachhisaudiencesinBritainandAmerica,andhiseditingandwritinghaveproducedanabundantlegacywhichcontinuestoinformanddelightreaderstothisday.

GreatCriticalRealismnovelist

AtatimewhenBritainwasthemajoreconomicandpoliticalpoweroftheworld,Dickenshighlightedthelifeoftheforgottenpooranddisadvantaged.Hewasdisillusionedwithsocietyandchampionedthewelfareofthecommonman.TheirwidestexpressioncouldbefoundinoverahundredarticlesDickenswroteforhisweeklymagazine,HouseholdWords.

Throughhisjournalismhecampaignedonspecificissues—suchassanitationandtheworkhouse—buthisfictionprobablydemonstrateditsgreatestprowessinchangingpublicopinioninregardtoclassinequalities.Heoftendepictedtheexploitationandrepressionofthepoorandcondemnedthepublicofficialsandinstitutionsthatallowedsuchabusestoexist.

Dickens’swritingstyleisfloridandpoetic,withastrongcomictouch.HissatiresofBritisharistocraticsnobberyareoftenpopular.Comparingorphanstostocksandshares,peopletotugboats,ordinner-partygueststofurniturearesomeofDickens’sacclaimedflightsoffancy.Hisliterarystyleisalsoamixtureoffantasyandrealism.

ProductiveWriter

《博兹札记》（SketchesbyBoz）——1836年

《匹克威克外传》（ThePickwickPapers）——1836年

《雾都孤儿》（OliverTwist）——1837年－1839年

《尼古拉斯·尼克贝》（NicholasNickleby）——1838年－1839年

《老古玩店》（TheOldCuriosityShop）——1840年－1841年

《巴纳比·拉奇》（BarnabyRudge）——1841年

《美国纪行》（AmericanNotes）——1842年

《小氣財神》（AChristmasCarol）——1843年

《马丁·翟述伟》（MartinChuzzlewit）——1843年－1844年

《塊肉餘生錄》（DavidCopperfield）——1849年－1850年

《写给孩子看的英国历史》（AChild'sHistoryofEngland）——1851年－1853年

《荒凉山庄》（BleakHouse）——1852年－1853年

《艰难时世》（HardTimes）——1854年

《小杜丽》（LittleDorrit）——1855年－1857年

《双城记》（ATaleofTwoCities）——1859年

《远大前程》（GreatExpectations）——1860年－1861年

《我们共同的朋友》（OurMutualFriend）——1864年－1865年

《艾德温·德鲁德之谜》（TheMysteryofEdwinDrood）——未完成，1870年

PointsofView

1．Intention:

exposeandcriticizeallpoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessaroundhim

2．Complexsocialattitudes:

hatingstateapparatuswhilebelievinginthenecessityofstate’sintervention;wantingimprovementinthelifeofthepoorbutafraidofrevolution

3．Interestedinsocialreform,butdubiousaboutextendingmiddle-classpowertothoselowerdown

4．Showhumanitarianloveandsympathyforthepoor,weak,innocent,injuredandneglectedgoodpeople

MajorFeaturesofDickens’Novels

vDeeplyrootedinhisknowledgeofthatpetty-bourgeoisurbanworld.

vCombinationofanoptimismaboutpeopleandacriticalrealismaboutthesociety.

vCharacter-portrayal:

:

themostdistinguishingfeatureofhiscreation:

1.Childcharacter-portrayal:

OliverTwist,LittleNell,PaulDombey,DavidCopperfield,LittleDorrit,andLittlePip;writingfromachild’spointofview.

2.Horribleandgrotesquefigures:

FaginandBillSykes

3.Humorousorcomicalcharacters:

SamWeller,Mr.Mieawber,Mr.Bumble,andMrs.GampMinglingofhumorandpathos.

HisTherePeriod

1.1842-1850,Thesecondperiod--Periodofexcitement,irritationandfrustration:

exposingthecorruptinginfluenceofwealthandpower,optimismturnedintodissatisfactionandirritation

2.Dickens'ssecondperiodbeganfrom1842,theyearafterhisfirstvisittoAmerica.Beforethevisit,DickensthoughtoftheUnitedStatesasaworldinwhichtherewerenoclassdivisionsandhumanrelationswerehumanitarian.Butwhatimpressedhimmostduringhisvisittherewastheruleofthedollarandtheenormouslycorruptiveinfluenceofwealthandpower.Dickens'snaiveoptimismtowardthecapitalistsocietywasprofoundlyshaken.

3.Thethirdperiod,aPeriodofsteadilyintensifyingpessimism,showingunderlyingtoneofbitterness,lossofhopeforEnglishbourgeoissociety

Inhisnovelsofthisperiod,Dickens,consciouslyandsubconsciously,showshimselfmoreandmoreatoddswithbourgeoissociety.

CharacteristicsofDickens’Life

1.Amanofactionandbusinessintheworld,astudentandwriterofbooks

2.ThebestshorthandreporterontheLondonpress

3.Thebestamateuractoronthestage

4.Asuccessfulperiodicaleditor

5.Radicalinpoliticsandideology

6.Concernedaboutsocialproblems

7.Faithfultothepeople,pessimistictocapitalistsociety,theexpressionoftheconscienceofhisage

AnalysisofSomeMajorNovels

⏹ThePickwickPapers

⏹OliverTwist

⏹MartinChuzzlewit

⏹DombeyandSon

⏹DavidCooperfield

⏹HardTimes

⏹ATaleofTwoCities

FeaturesofThePickwickPapers

⏹TheworkthatfirstmadeDickensfamousasapopularwriterofnovels

⏹Formlessplotwithmanycomicalepisodes

⏹ThestoryevolvesroundtheadventuresofMr.Pickwick

⏹Thenovelisfullofyouthfulexuberance

⏹“thesupremeepicofEnglishlife”

⏹Thenovelexposesmanyscenesofsocialproblems,itisdominatednotbysatirebuthumour.

⏹GayandmerryaretheheartsofthePickwickians

⏹Thenovelisfullofnaïve,youthfuloptimism,thejoyofliving,andthelightnessofheart.

⏹Itisacomprehensivepictureofearly19th-centuryEngland,affordingawholegalleryofvividportraitsofthepeopleofallstrata

⏹Mr.PickwickandSamWeller:

apairof19th-centuryEnglishQuixoteandSanchoPanza

⏹ThenovelshowsmanyofthefeaturesofDickens’snovelwriting:

anencyclopedicknowledgeofLondon,inexhaustiblepowersofcharacterimpulseandahighlyindividualandinventiveprosestyle

⏹ItestablishedDickensovernightasapopularnovelistandbecameoneofthebestknownnovelsintheworld.

OliverTwist

⏹Apowerfulexposureofbourgeoissociety

⏹OneofthebestworksofDickens

⏹ItspublicationbroughtaboutsomebetteringofconditionsintheEnglishworkhousesduringtheauthor’sday

PlotofOliverTwist

⏹Oliver’sbirth:

ofunknownparentage

⏹MaltreatedbyBumble,theparishbeadle

⏹InLondon,hefallsintothehandsofagangofthieves

⏹RescuedbyMr.Brownlow

⏹Kidnappedbythethieves

⏹Woundedinaburglingexpedition,rescuedbyMrs.MaylieandRose

⏹AdoptedbyMr.Brownlow.Ahappyending

Characteristicsofthenovel

⏹Thenovelexposestheinhumanityofcitylifeundercapitalism.

⏹Itshowstheextremebrutalityandcorruptionoftheoppressorsandtheiragentsandthehelplesssufferingsofthepoorandoppressed.

⏹Oliveristheonlyonewhoemergeshappyandsuccessfulintheend.

⏹ThehappyendingcomesasaresultofDickens’soptimisticbeliefintheinevitabletriumphofgoodoverevil.

DavidCopperfield

“DavidCopperfield”isoneofDickens'sbestworks.Itwashisownfavorite.Itiswritteninthefirstpersonandisthemostautobiographicalofallhisbooks.Inwritingthenovel,Dickensthrewintoitdeepfeelingsandmuchofhisownexperienceinhisyoungerdays.InthestoryofDavid'smiserableboyhoodDickensdepictshisownsufferingsasachild-laborerinablackingfactory.Thenovelwaswrittenatatimewhenhiscreativepowershadreachedtheirheight

Plotsummary

1.David’smiserablechildhood

2.Lifeasachild-laborerinablackingfactory

3.Adoptedbyhisgreat-aunt,BetsyTrotwood,goestoschool

4.meetingSteerforth,whoinducesLittleEm’lytorunawaywithhimandendsupdrowninghimself

5.FallinginlovewithandmarryingDorawhodiessoon,thenmarryingAgnes

6.Ahappyendingofhisadventures

FeaturesofDavidCooperfield

⏹ThemostautobiographicalofallDickens’sbooks

⏹Exposesthesocialevilsofhisday

⏹Apersonalrecordandabroadpictureofthesocietyoftheauthor’sday

⏹Dickenshaslosthisoldnaïveoptimismaboutbourgeoissociety

⏹Democraticviewpointshowsitselfintheclass-orientationofthenovel.Thelowerpetty-bourgeoisandproletariancharacterswintheloveandsympathyofthereaders.

⏹Thebookhasacombinationofverisimilitude,senseoffamiliarityandartisticmaturity

ATaleofTwoCities

⏹In“ATaleofTwoCities”DickenstakestheFrenchRevolutionasthebackgroundofhisnovel,andthe“twocities”areParisandLondoninthetimeofthatrevolution.

⏹Plot

1.TwoaristocratsaskDr.Manettetovisitapatient

2.Dr.ManettewritesanaccountoftheatrocityanddeliversittotheMinisterofState

3.Dr.ManetteisseizedbythetwoaristocratsandimprisonedintheBastille

4.Dr.Manetteisreleasedafter18years

5.Darnayisbroughttotrialandreleasedafterayear

6.Heischargedandre-arrestedandsentencedtodeathwithin24hours

7.AmannamedSidneyCartonsavesDarnaywithhisownlife

8.Subject:

theFrenchRevolution

9.Theme:

Wherethereisoppression,thereisrevolution.

10.ThefateofDr.Manetteistypicalofthebourgeoisintellectualswho