关于大卫科波菲尔中的人物形象英语论文.docx

1、关于大卫科波菲尔中的人物形象英语论文 An Analysis of Image in David CopperfieldChapter1IntroductionDavid Copperfield was the masterpiece of Dickens; it was his unremittinglyefforts up to the longest of a semi-autobiographical work, in May 1849 to November 1850 installment was published. In the preface, Dickens said: I

2、n all my works, my favorite in this department. . It is my favorite child. This paper began with a brief introduction of the author and the social background,and then it tried to analyze the novel. Thus the author paved the way for the following analysis, then it came to the essential part of the pa

3、perthe analysis of image in David, Dora, Davids great-aunt, Mr.Micawber, and Steerforth, The Mr. Murdstones, Heep.Next, the essay came to the authors impact on the two figures in order to make readers know more about the novel and the author.Finally, the author attempted to analyze different peoples

4、 image and show peoples different destinies. The paper wanted to tell people that maybe fate is unfair to you, so that you are suffering from human sufferings, but you cannot do anything without the goodness of heart and youmustfightfor your own destiny.And stressed: only love can give courage to fa

5、ce the misery and suffering.David andSteerforth weretwo different images that have great differences. Such as kind-hearted fisherman Peggotty and David, despite a poor family, didnt receive education, but to hold an honest and good heart, while rich Steerforth was an invalid character in stark contr

6、ast.At the same time, it reflected Dickens own morality: What goes around comes around. Such as a symbol of evil Heap and Steerforth has been duly punished; kind-hearted people have found a popular destination that they were dreamed to come all the time.1.1 The introduction to the authorDickens was

7、the main representative of realism literature of the 19th century. The art of witty words, nuanced psychological analysis and realismwere combined together closely. He was particularly famous for his vivid comic characterizations and social criticism. He was the first author who had written of the p

8、oor with fidelity and sympathy. His works were famous during novels of the Victorian age and among the great classics in all fiction. Dickens was born in February, 1812, at Landport, Portsmouth. He was the second of eight children. His father was a clerk, hardworking but imprudent, later caricatured

9、 as Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield. In 1822, the family moved to London, where Charles had to leave school to help support his impoverished family. In 1824, his father was put into prison for debt. At the age of 12, Dickens was sent to going to work at a factory. He wrapped and labeled for 6 shil

10、lings a week. After work, he wandered through the streets of London, enthralled by the sight of the dockyards, the files of convicts, and vast sections of the city inhabited by the poor. These bitter days remained in his memory and later found expression in his works. Dickens was able to return to s

11、chool after a small legacy helped release his father from prison. He was an avid reader and spent much time in the reading room of the BritishMuseum and learnt short-hand. Although he later returned to school for a time, this experience left a permanent mark on the soul of Charles Dickens. Even many

12、 years later, after he had become a successful author, he could not bear to talk about it, or be reminded of his familys ignominy.At the age of fifteen Dickens began working as an office boy for a law firm. He taught himself and by 1828 he became a reporter for courts of Doctors Common. The dull rou

13、tine of the legal profession never interested him, so he became a newspaper reporter for the Mirror of parliament, the True Sun, and finally for the Morning Chronicle.(John Forster, were later his closest friend and biographer, was also employed at the True Sun.) By the age of twenty, Dickens was on

14、e of the best parliamentary reporters in all England. During this same period Dickenss interest began to switch from journalism to literature. His first work of fiction, “Dinner at Poplar Walk(later reprinted as “Mr. Minns and His Cousin), appeared in the Monthly Magazine when he was twenty-one. His

15、 newspaper work had given him an intimate knowledge of the streets and by ways of London, and late in 1832 he began writing sketches and stories of London life. They began to appear in periodicals and newspapers in 1833 and in 1836 were gathered together as sketches by Boz, Illustrations of Everyday

16、 life, and Everyday People. By this time, Dickens was enjoying the luxurious life he had dreamed of as a child. In 1850, he published the last installments of David Copperfield, a partly autobiographical novel that was his favorite. In 1858 Dickenss twenty-three-year marriage to Catherine Hogarth di

17、ssolved when he fell in love with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. The the last years of his life were filled with intense activities: writing, taking part in management, and undertaking tours that reinforced the publics favorable view of his work,which took an enormous toll on his health. Working fev

18、erishly to the last, Dickens collapsed and died on June 8, 1870, leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood uncompleted.1.2 The introduction to the background Social BackgroundLike so many parents I have in my heart of hearts a favorite child, wrote Charles Dickens. And his name is David Copperfield.Here Di

19、ckens made good use of his own life experience to attack the social evils of the time, the miseries of child-labour, the tyranny in schools, the debtors prison, as well as the cruelty and immortality and the treachery that were prevalent in Victorian England. Thus the novel was not merely a personal

20、 record, but a broad picture of the society of the authors day.David Copperfield(also called The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger), was published in monthly installments between 5. 1849 and 11. 1850. An edition was published near the end of 1850.David Copperfieldwas a

21、 novel written in first-person point of view. It was sometimes referred to as an apprenticeship novel because it centered on the period in which a young person grows upthat is, serves his apprenticeship. The type ofnovel was pioneered by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in his novel Wilhelm Me

22、isters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meisters Apprenticeship). An apprenticeship novel could also be identified by its German name, meaning novel (roman) of educational development (buildings). Dickens based the book in part on the difficult early years of his own life. The narration changed names, locales, an

23、d other details of Dickenss life but maintained its general tenor. For example, when Dickens was only a child, he had to leave school to work in a factory thatpolished some shoes. In the novel, David Copperfield has to leave school to work in a warehouse washing and labeling bottles used in the wine

24、 trade. Davids initials (D.C.) were, of course, the reverse of Dickenss (C.D.). Dickens was a master at drawing memorable characters. Some were simple and uncomplicated, like Barkis, Creakle, Murdstone, and Clara Peggotty. Others were complex, like David Copperfield. Throughout the novel, he befrien

25、ded the wealthy and charming James Steerforth, ignoring his devious and malevolent side. At the same time, he befriended the good-hearted Tommy Traddles and the humble Peggottys. These two worldsthe world of Steerforth and the world of the people Steerforth and his family look down uponboth attract

26、David, and part of his maturation was deciding what should constitute his own world. To bring his characters to life, Dickens invested them with clearly defining virtues or vices and describing the characters in a way that enabled the reader to picture them and the scenes in which they appear. Novel

27、s BackgroundOf all the Dickens novels, David Copperfield reflects the events of Dickens own life the most.Davids early suffering was adequately compensated with a rich, happy marriage and a successful literary career, just like Dickens himself, and the world is still full of hope and sunshine. The p

28、lot construction was rather loose, but it also excelled in its vivid characterization. The novels detailed narration was also worth mentioning, which gave the work a truthfulness to the real life.The early success with the public not only gave Dickens an assurance that led to increased powers of poe

29、tic expression and narrative technique, but also the confidence to assert his thematic priorities to a point where they contradicted the social assumptions of many of his readers. All his later novels, except A Tale of Two Cities, present a criticism of the most fundamental institutions of the Victo

30、rian England.Although David was ignorant of Steerforths treachery, we were aware from the moment we met Steerforth that he didnt deserve of praise which David feels toward him. David didnt knowwhy he hated Heep or why he trusted a boy with a donkey cart who stole his money and left him in the road,

31、but it was possible for him torealizeHeeps inherent evil and the boys real intention. In Davids first-person narration, Dickens conveyed the wisdom of the older man implicitly, through the eyes of a child.The novel began in the early 19th Century (presumably in 1812, the year of Dickenss birth) in B

32、lunderstone, a fictional name for a real town, Blundeston, which Dickens visited. It was in eastern England in the county of Suffolk. Other cities in which action was set wereLondon, Canterbury, Yarmouth, Dover, and Highgate, suburbs of London. Near the end of the novel, David visitedSwitzerland, and the Peggottys and Micawbers traveled to Australia. (However, neither the Swiss nor the Australian locales actually appeared in the novel.).Somewhere about the middle of the serial publication of David Copperfield, happening to be out of writing-paper, he sallied forth one morning to get a fre