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1、 “ 11 i s my favor i te chi Id. vThe noveI depicted Davids exper i ences which were filled with suffer i ngs and Iaughters Dickens portrayed the co IorfuI picture of Br i tish society, the typica I image of d i fferent soci a I cI asses, especial I y the end I ess st ruggle of David i n the face of

2、advers i ty which Ieft a deep impression on us. David was unable to endure the abuse of his stepfather, biting the f i ngers of hi s stepfather, savage Iy beaten. As a resuIt, he was locked in a boarding school After his mother died, he was sent to the factory as a chi Id by his stepfather From then

3、 on, he I ived a hard I i fe, without eno ugh to eat or wear and suffered a I I k i nds of abuse and torture However, David did not succumb to the mercy of fate, painstakingly, and final Iy found his aunt Betsey. The kindhearted aunt she I ter adop ted him and let him g o to a better scho ol When he

4、 knew that Aunt Betsey was bankrupted, but instead, he studied diIigently with perseverance a I I k i nds of abuse and tort ure Fin ally, aft er mak i ng effor ts, he became a wr i ter and ach i eved success At the same t ime, other characters were cI ear and vivid Peggotty was a nurse who took care

5、 of David and David s mother carefuI Iy, she was remarkabIy IoyaI OutwardIy, aunt Betsey appeared a severe woman, but she showed that she was kind by loving David and others In add ition, Ham was nob Ie, brave and honest was fierce and crueI. Steerforth was selfish and arrogantIntroduction to the Au

6、thorDickens was the main represen tative of rea I i sm I it era ture i n the 19th century The art of witty words, nuanced psycho IogicaI ana Iys i s and rea I i sm were combi ned together c Iose I y in hi s works He was part icu I ar I y famous for hi s vivid comic charac ter i zat i ons and soc i a

7、 I cr i t ic i sm. He was the f i rs t aut hor who had wr i tten of the poor with fide I ity and sympa thy. H i s works were famous dur i ng noveIs of the Victori an age and among the great classics in a I I fiction.Dickens was born in February, 1812, at Landport, Portsmouth. He was the second of ei

8、ght chiIdren His father was a clerk, hardworking but impruden t, lat er car ica tured as Mr Micawber in David Copperfield. In 1822, the fami Iy moved to London, where Char Ies had to leave schooI to support h i s impover i shed fami I y. In 1824, h i s fat her was put i nto pr i son for deb t At the

9、 age of 12, Dicke ns was sen t to going to work at a fac tory He wrapped and IabeIed for 6 shillings a week After work, he wandered through the st ree ts of Lon don, ent hra I I ed by the s i gh t of the dockyards, the files of convicts, and vast sections of the city inhabited by the poor These bitt

10、er days remained in his memory and Iater found expression in his worksDickens was ab I e to ret urn to school because a sma I I I egacy he I ped re I ease h i s fat her from pr i so n. He was an avid reader and spe nt much time in the reading room of the Br itish Museum. Although he later returned t

11、o schoo I for a time, these exper iences left a permanent imprint on the sou I of Char Ies Dickens Even many years I ater, he had become a successfuI aut hor, he could not bear tot a I k about i t, or be reminded of his fami ly s i gnomi n y.At the age of fifteen, Dicke ns began work i ng as an offi

12、ce boy for a I aw f i rm He taught h imse I f and he became a reporter for courts of Doctors Common in 1828 The du I I routine of the IegaI profession never interested him, so he became a newspaper reporter for the Mirror of parliament, the True Sun, and final Iy for the Morning Chronicle（John Fors

13、ter, were later h i s closes t friend and biographer, was a I so employed at the True Sun.） By the age of twenty, Dickens was one of the best par Ii amentary reporters a I I the Eng I andBy t h i s ti me, Dickens was enjoy i ng the luxur ious I i fe he had dreamed of as a child In 1850, he pub I i s

14、hed the I as t ins tai I men ts of David Copperfield, a partly autobiographical noveI that was his favor ite.The Introduction to the Background1.2.1Soc i a I background“Like so many parents I have a favor ite child in my hear” wrote Char I es Dicke ns. And h i s n ame i s David Copperfield u Here, D

15、ickens made good use of hi s own I i fe exper i ence to expose the social evils that were preva I en t in Vic toria n England and were the mi ser i es of chi Id-labor, the tyranny in schooIs, the debtors pr i son, as we I I as the crueIty and immor tality and the t reachery. Thus the nove I v/as not

16、 mere I y a persona I record, but a broad picture of the society of the author s dayDavid CopperfieldNas a novel wr i tten inf irs t 一 person point of view It was sometimes referred to as an apprenticeship novel because it centered on the per iod in which a young person grew up. The type of noveI s

17、was p i oneered by Johann Wo Ifgang von Goethe （1749-1832） i n hi s n ovel Wi I he Im Meisters Lehr jah re （Wilhelm Meister 1 s Apprent i cesh ip） Dickens based the book in part on the diff icuIt ear Iy years of his own I ife The narration changed names, I oca les, and other details of Dickens s I i

18、 fe For examp I e, whe n Dicke ns was on I y a chi Id, he had to leave school to work in a factory In the novel, David Copperfield had to leave schooI to v/ork in a warehouse washing and IabeIing bottles used in the wine trade David s initials ） were, of course, the reverse of Dickens s ）Dickens was

19、 a mas ter at drawing memorab I e charac ters Some were simple and uncomp Ii cated, Ii ke Bark i s, Creak Ie, Murdstone, and Clara Peggotty. Others were comp I ex, like David Copperfield Throughout the novel, he befr i ended the weaI thy and charming James Steerforth, i gnor i ng h i s devious and m

20、a IevoIent side At the same time, he befr iended the good-hearted Tommy Traddles and the humbIe Peggottys. These two worIds, the wor Id of Steerforth and the wor Id of Steerforth and hi s fami Iy, both attracted David, and his immaturity decided what should constitute his own worId To br i ng h i s

21、characters to life, Dickens i nvested them with cI ear Iy def ini ng v i rtues or vices and descr ibed the characters i n a way that enabled the readers to picture them at the seenes in which they appeared1.2.2Novel s backgroundOf a I I the Dickens novels, David Copperfield ref Iected the events of

22、Dickens own Iife the most As for David, suffer ing in the past was adequately made up for a r ich, happy marr i age and a successfuI literary career, just I ike Dickens himself, and the wor Id was sti I I ful I of hope and sunshine The p I ot cons true tio n was rat her loose, but it a I so exce I I

23、 ed i n its vivid image The nar ra tion of novel i n det a i I was a I so wor th mentioning, which gave the work truthfuIness to the reaI IifeWha t we could add to was the way i n which Dicke ns time and time aga i n dea 11 with the progress of a ma Ie hero who, as v/ith David in David Copperfield （

24、1849-50） and Pip in Great Expectations （1860-1）, came to terms with wor Id as the middle-class vaIues At the same time, however, Dickens heroes often have uncomfortable doubles: David Copperfield was shadowed by Heep and Steerforth, both of whom reveaIed the kind of dark sexuaI urge that David attem

25、pted to conceaI or deny in his own I ife It was as if, in a new middle-class code, Dickens was equaI Iy aware of the precar iousness or vulnerabiIity of the new respectable socia I conception of the se I f, of the bur i ed I i fe that was h i dden beneath the veneer of po I i te mannersDue to the ea

26、r I y success, the pub I i c not on I y gave D i eke ns an assurance that made sure increasing powers of poetic expression and narrative techn i que, but a I so the confidenee to demonstrate his priori ties to a poin t where t hey cont radio ted the social assump tions of many of h i s readers Al I

27、h i s later n ovels, except A Tale of Two Cities, presen ted a cr i ti ci sm of the mos t fundamen tai i ns tituti ons of the Vic tori an Eng I and Alt hough Dav i d was ign ora nt of St eerfor th st reachery, we were aware from the moment we met Steerforth that he didn? t deserve of praise which Da

28、vid fe11 toward him David didrT t know why he hated Heep or why he t rus ted a boy with a don key car t who stole hi s money and I ef t him in the road, but it was possible for him to reaIize Heep s inherent eviI and the boy s reaI intention. In Dav id, s fi rst-person narration, Dickens conveyed th

29、e wisdom of the oIder man implicitly, through the eyes of a chi Id.Chapter 2Literature Review of the NovelSome Scholars Views on the NovelScho I ars be I i eved that Dav i d Copperf ields careers, f r i en dsh i ps9 I ove and Iife, were most highly infIuenced by Dickens exper iences, as we I I as hi

30、s time working as a chi Id Davids invoIvement with the law profession and later h s career as a wr i ter mi rror the exper iences of Dickens Many of Dav ids fr iends were based on peopIe who Dickens actuaI Iy knew, and David* s wives, Agnes Wickfield and Dora, were be Ii eved to be based upon master

31、piece of literary works.Dickens*attachment to MaryHogarth. Dickens keenly felt h i s I ack ofeduca tion dur i ng his time atthat factory,and accord ing to the Forsterbiography,it was from thesetimes that he drew David* s working per iod.Br i tish wr i ter SomersetMaugham regarded the book astruly aOne of Amer ican I iterature connoisseurs recommended the noveI as one hundreds of the 20th century, d i stinguishing Eng Ii sh noveI.The famous Russ i an wr i ter, Leo To I stoy, sa i d that the book was the best one among a I I the Eng I i sh nove I s and i t cou Id