Works appreciation(作品赏析).ppt

1、A,1,Works appreciation(作品赏析),Characterization Artistic Style Theme (ideas),A,2,Oliver twist (hero),Fagin (bad man),Nancy (kindness),Mr.brownlow (nice),happy life,adopted,saved,taught him to steal,works,Bill sikes (bad man),partners,A,3,Main Characters,Oliver Twist: an orphan, who was thrown into a w

2、orld full of poverty and crime. He suffered a lot .At last ,he led a happy life,A,4,the evil Fagin : He was a powerful crime leader who had an affection for only money and would kill anyone who stood in his way, the symbol of evil, corruption and manipulation,back,A,5,Nancy A woman who worked for Fa

3、gin and tried to help Oliver which eventually led to her death. She was passionate, caring, and loved Sikes, who eventually killed her, as partially righteous, partially villain（邪恶）,Nancy was killed by Bill since she helped Oliver,back,A,6,Mr Brownlow: a kind man helped Oliver Twist. He is a best fr

4、iend of Oliver Twists father ,too, representing purity, integrity and goodness,back,A,7,the brutal Bill Sikes: a fierce robber, Nancys lover, force Oliver Twist to help them rob.,back,A,8,Artistic style,Verbose rhetoric Creating coincidence The Power of Exposure Mixture of reality and imagination Ex

5、aggeration Humor and satire,A,9,Verbose rhetoric the plot of the novel is developed with abundant verbosity which quite caters to the tastes of his contemporary readers. Creating coincidence to make the story complicated , unexpected and exciting and draw the numerous persons into the current of eve

6、nts. Eg. In London, Oliver happens to meet his late fathers good friend Mr. Brownlow and his mothers elder sister Mrs. Maylie,A,10,The Power of Exposure expose the Britain all depressed classes, poverty-stricken and the upper organization and the absurd social reality, reflecting the terrible life o

7、f London underworld. Mixture of reality and imagination In Oliver Twist, Dickens show us the miserable reality through the imagination of arranging many coincidences and describing the inner world of characters. So, its also a combination of realism and romanticism ( the Romantic Realism),A,11,Exagg

8、eration In this novel, Dickens exaggerated some peculiarities of certain characters, in giving them exactly the actions & words that fit them: that is, right words & right actions for the right person. Eg. Bill Sikes, Oliver Humor and satire 1.employs humor to enliven a scene or lighten a character

9、by making it (him or her) eccentric. 2.uses satire to ridicule human follies or vices. Eg. Fagin,A,12,Themes,7 main aspects Goodness VS Evil Institutional cruelty Virtue VS Environment The inhumanity under capitalism The individualism crime and misery-the by-product of poverty positive and optimisti

10、c,A,13,1.Goodness VS Evil Good is rewarded with good ,and evil with evil. Goodness surviving through every adverse(不利的) circumstance and triumphing over evil at last. 2.Institutional cruelty Eg. When asking for more, Oliver was just beaten severely by the principal of workhouse where the children co

11、uld be sold by 5 pounds respectively. The typical reflect of cruelty, hypocrisy, and inhumanness,A,14,“Please sir, I want some more.”,A,15,3.Virtue VS Environment Eg. Although Oliver is raised in corrupt surroundings, he still keeps pure and nave in mind. Dickens uses Olivers character to argue that

12、 a corrupt environment is the source of vice(恶习). 4.The inhumanity under capitalism At that time, there was a large group of unemployment, then the rate of social crime reached a new peak, like theft, murder. And deeply affected by capitalistic monetary value, people tended to be selfish, greedy and

13、 hypocritical,A,16,5.The individualism Individualism is quite prevailing in Capitalist society, which only centers on self-interest, and believes that the groups interests are best maintained if every individual looks out for the number one, or himself. (Fagin, Monks) 6.Crime and misery-the by-produ

14、ct of poverty All the crimes and miseries held among people in the book were caused by poverty. Eg. Due to the poverty, Fagin went to ruin the young children. This leaded to a terrible and passive spirit in the society.,A,17,7.Positive and optimistic Dickens wrote Oliver Twist at the age of 25 , when he was