狄更斯作品中儿童形象分析.docx

狄更斯作品中儿童形象分析.docx

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狄更斯作品中儿童形象分析

摘要

查尔斯·狄更斯（1812－1870）是十九世纪英国最杰出的小说家之一，也是第一位倾注了极大精力创造儿童形象的大作家，他塑造的许多儿童形象在世界文坛上有着不可超越的重要意义。

本文通过分析他的三部代表作品《雾都孤儿》、《大卫·科波菲尔》、《远大前程》中的儿童形象，探讨这些形象与作者的密切关系。

首先这类儿童形象的塑造都与狄更斯的个人经历特别是童年经历或所处的社会背景有关；其次，通过这些儿童形象的塑造，狄更斯在反映其童年经历的同时，也记录了社会的黑暗，并且展示了他对资产阶级黑暗性不断觉醒的过程。

本论文试图从比较分析的角度，从三部作品中抽取有代表性的章节进行研究，分析他个人经历与三位主人公的联系，体现出他对笔下儿童的深切情感，并得出狄更斯在塑造儿童形象方面的共性。

关键词：

狄更斯；儿童形象；分析；共同特征

ABSTRACT

CharlesDickens（1812-1870）isoneofthemostoutstandingEnglishwritersinthenineteenthcentury.Heisalsothefirstwriterwhodevotedhimselftothecreationofchildren’imagines.TheimagesofchildrencreatedbyCharlesDickensplayaveryimportantroleintheworldliterature.Bycomparison,thispaperdiscussestherelationshipbetweentheauthorandtheseimages.Firstly,thecreationofthesechildren’simageshasacloseconnectionwithDickens’personalexperienceandsocialbackground;secondly,bythecreationoftheseimagesherevealsthedarknessofsociety,andshowshisgrowingawarenessofthedarknessofthecapitalism.Throughtheanalysis,thispaperdrawsthecommonfeaturesinCharles’creationofchildren’simagines.Andthroughtheresearchoftherepresentativechapters,thedeepemotionsbetweenDickensandhischildrencanbevividlyshown.

Keywords：

Dickens;Children’simages;Analysis;CommonFeatures

Contents

1.Introduction………………………………………………………………………….....1

1.1Theintroductionoftheauthor…………………………………………………….........1

1.2Theintroductionofchildren’simages……………..…………………………………..1

2.Analysisofthethreemainchildren’simagesinDickens’novels…………….............3

OliverTwist:

Dickens’ownwantinhischildhood………………………………...........3

DavidCopperfield:

Dickens’ownsufferingsinhischildhood………………………….5

GreatExpectations:

Dickens’growingawarenessofcapitalism’sdarkness………….....7

3.Thecomparisonofthreechildren’simagesinthreenovels…………………...........10

Thesimilaritiesofthethreechildren…….………………………………………….10

Thecircumstances…………………………………………………………………...10

Thetragedychildhood……………………………………………………………....10

3.2TherelationshipbetweenDickensandthethreechildren………………………..11

Thesimilarchildhoodexperiences……..…………………………………………...11

Thesympathyforthechildrenandthecriticismforsocialevils…………………....11

Thecommonstylesinchildren’simagesfiguring…………………………………..12

4.Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..........13

Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………14

References………………………………………………………………………………..15

1.Introduction

TheIntroductionoftheAuthor

CharlesDickens（1812-1870）isoneofthemostoutstandingEnglishwritersinthenineteenthcentury.HewasborninPortsmouth,Englandon7th,February,1812,buthespentmostofhischildhoodinLondonandKentwherehebasedmanyofhisnovels.Whenhewasnine，hewenttoschoolbuthadtoleavewhenhewas12becausehisdadwasputinprisonforbeingindebt.Whenhewas15，heleftschoolandwenttoworkasalegalclerkinasolicitor'soffice.In1836hedecidedtowritehisownstoriesunderthenameofBoy.Theywerecalledthe“PickwickPapers”[1]whichwerelikecomicsforadults.Charlescontinuedtousehisbookstotellaboutthebadconditionsthattheworkingclassesandpoorpeoplehadtolivewith.Aswellaswritinghetookaninterestinthetheatreandin1847becamemanagerofatouringtheatrecompany.CharlesDickenswrotemanyfamousnovelsallhislife,heisprobablythemostpopularauthorinEngland.

TheIntroductionofChildren’sImagesinHisNovels

CharlesDickens’worksenjoygreatpopularityamongpeopleandcanstandthetestoftime.Evenin21stcentury,hisworksarestillwidelyread,continuouslytranslatedintomanylanguagesandadaptedintofilmsandTVseries.Dickens’vividdescriptioncreatesmanylifelikecharacters,whichimpressthereadersdeeplyintheirmemoryafterreading.

Amongchildren’simagescreatedbyCharlesDickens,desertedchildrenplaythemostsignificantroles.ItisimportanttopointoutthatthecreationofthedesertedchildrenhasacloserelationshipwithbothDickens’personalexperienceandsocialbackground,especiallyhischildhoodexperience.Hisfictionattractsmanyreaders.Thesechildrenweredescribedsovividlythatasiftheywerereallyaliveintheworld.“Dickensappealstothecommonexperienceofthereader.”[2]Sothereaderiseasilyabletoidentifythedifferentimagesinhisdifferentnovels.Forexample,ofallhisworks,DavidCopperfieldisconsideredtobehismostautobiographical.Inthisnovel,Charlescreatesanorphanjustlikehim,andthroughthischaracter,hedescribesthememoryabouthisownchildhoodandexpressesthesympathyforthepoorpeople.AndinGreatExpectationshereallyputshisownheartandsoulintohischaractersbyweavinghisownexperiencesintohisworks.PhilipCollinswrites“GreatExpectations,indeed,thoughovertlyautobiographica