狄更斯Dickens和雾都孤儿Oliver Twist

CharlesDickens

lFamiyBackground

PoorFamilyindebtprisonfordebt

blackingFactory(鞋油作坊).happiesttimeHisLife

HisLiteraryCreation

&LiteraryAchievements

CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatestcritical

relistic

writersoftheVictorianAge.

Acombinationofoptimism

about

peopleandrealism

about

societyisobviousinhisworks.HisLiteraryCreation

&LiteraryAchievementsCharlesDickensisamasterstory-teller.Hislanguagecould,inaway,becomparedwithShakespeare's.Hishumor&

witseeminexhaustible.Character-portrayal

isthemostoutstandingfeatureofhisworks.Hischaracterizations

of

child(OliverTwist,etc.),some

grotesquepeople(Fagin,etc.)andsomecomical

people(Mr.Micawber,etc.)aresuperb.Dickensalsoemploysexaggerationinhisworks.HisLiteraryCreation

&LiteraryAchievements

Anhighlyconsciousmodernartist.The

settingsaremore

complicated;thestoriesarebetter

structured.Mostnovelsofthisperiodpresentasharper

criticismofsocialevils

&moralsoftheVictorianEngland,forexample,BleakHouse,HardTimes,GreatExpectations&soon.Theearlyoptimismcouldnomorebefound.Amanofactionandbusinessintheworld,astudentandwriterofbooksThebestshorthandreporterontheLondonpressThebestamateuractoronthestageAsuccessfulperiodicaleditorRadicalinpoliticsandideologyConcernedaboutsocialproblemsFaithfultothepeople,pessimistictocapitalistsociety,theexpressionoftheconscienceofhisageCharacteristicsofDickens’Life英国纸币我就是大名鼎鼎狄更斯！Ifhiswritingcareerisanarticle,howmanyparagraphsdoyoudivide?Dividehislifeintothreeparts

1836—1841,firstperiod,Periodofyouthfuloptimist:fun,

highspirit,naiveoptimismTheOldCuriosityShopOliverTwist

SketchesbyBozThePeriodofHisLife1842-1850,Thesecondperiod--Periodofexcitement,irritationandfrustration:exposingthecorruptinginfluenceofwealthandpower,optimismturnedintodissatisfactionandirritationAmericanNotes

DObeyandSon

DavidCopperfieldThePeriodofHisLifeThethirdperiod,aPeriodofsteadilyintensifyingpessimism,showingunderlyingtoneofbitterness,lossofhopeforEnglishbourgeoissocietyBleakHouseHardTime

ATaleofTwoCityGreatExpectations

OliverTwistOneofthebestworksofDickensApowerfulexposureofbourgeoissocietyItspublicationbroughtaboutsomebetteringofconditionsintheEnglishworkhousesduringtheauthor’sdayPlotofOliverTwist

Oliver’sbirth:ofunknownparentageMaltreatedbyBumble,theparishbeadleInLondon,hefallsintothehandsofagangofthievesRescuedbyMr.BrownlowKidnappedbythethievesWoundedinaburglingexpedition,rescuedbyMrs.MaylieandRoseAdoptedbyMr.Brownlow.Ahappyending.Thenovelexposestheinhumanityofcitylifeundercapitalism.Itshowstheextremebrutalityandcorruptionoftheoppressorsandtheiragentsandthehelplesssufferingsofthepoorandoppressed.ThehappyendingcomesasaresultofDickens’soptimisticbeliefintheinevitabletriumphofgoodoverevil.Inflectionoft