英国文学查尔斯狄更斯作品赏析.ppt

CharlesDickensandOliverTwistCharlesDickens（1812-1870）PersonalLife
CharlesDickens（1812-1870）wasbornatPortsmouth.Hisfather，apoorclerkintheNavyPayoffice，wasputintothe'Marshalsea(马歇尔希）PrisonfordebtwhenyoungCharleswasonly11yearsold.Thesonhadtogiveupschoolingtoworkinanundergroundcellaratashoe-blackingfactory—apositionheconsideredmosthumiliating(羞耻的）.The11-year-oldDickenshadtoworktenhourseachdayinthefactory,andearnedsixshillingsaweek,pastinglabelsonthejarsofthickpolish.WefindthebitterexperiencesofthatsufferingchildreflectedinmanyofDickens’snovels.In1827,Charlesenteredalawyer’soffice，andtwoyearslaterhebecameaParliamentaryreporterfornewspapers.From1833DickensbegantowriteoccasionalsketchesofLondonlife，whichwerelatercollectedandpublishedunderthetitleSketchesbyBoz(笔名）(1836).SoonThePosthumous（作者死后出版的）PapersofthePickwick（匹克威客传主角）Club(1836-1837)appearedinmonthlyinstallments.
Andsincethen,hislifebecameoneofendlesshardwork.Inhislateryears，hegavehimselftopublicreadingsofhisworks，whichbroughtplaudits(喝彩，赞扬)andcomfortbutalsoexhaustedhim.In1870，thismanofgreatheartandvi'talitydiedofoverwork，leavinghislastnovelunfinished.ContributiontoEnglishliteratureHisworksOliverTwistPurposeofthisbookOlivertwist
(hero)MaincharactersPlotandstructureThemesFeaturesofDickens’NovelsDickens’artistictechniquecanbesummarizedasbelow:Symbolism(multi-layersymbolisminthenovel)
a.Settingassymbols
Theexternalevidenceofneglectanddecay–their
counterpartsinsocietyandintheheartsofmen;
thedarkdeedsandpassions–dimrooms,smoke,
fog,anddarknights;themoodofterrorandbrutality-frequentrainandcoldweather.
b.Charactersassymbols
ThechimneysweepGamfield–cruelty(purelysymbolicfigurewithnoplotfunction);Brownlow–thesymbolofbenevolence.
c.Gesturesofpersonsassymbols:
Bumble’sfondnessforhisthree-corneredhat–
devotiontoanemptyauthoritarianism.
d.Allusiontoobesity:symbolforhungerinan
inversefashion(bycallingattentiontoitsabsence)
Manypeopleinthenovelaredescribedas“fat”.