论《雾都孤儿》中查理斯狄更斯的人道主义思想.docVIP

【标题】?论《雾都孤儿》中查理斯?狄更斯的人道主义思想 【作者】皮继巧 【关键词】人道主义;?狄更斯;?雾都孤儿 【指导老师】刘 敏 向 俊 【专业】英语 【正文】I. Introduction?Charles Dickens is one of the outstanding realistic novelists in the 19th century. His main theme is humanistic thought. Humanistic thought, as a trend, begins from the Renaissance and it bases on the abstract and universal humanity. Humanitarians start from humanity and set up their ideological system. So the start point is not only their beginning, but also their theoretical basis. The humanitarians believe that human beings are all kind and the morality can be improved. They advocate that human beings should use the emotion and humanistic thought as the weapon to educate people. And they understand the society from rationality and emotion. And Dickens’ humanistic thought sets up on the humanity, which is also his start point. He emphasizes the?“human love” which is one of the most important points. He does not agree with the revolution, which he thinks is cruel and just one-way of human revenge. He dreams to use the morality to educate the society. We can analyze his humanistic thought according to his representative work?— Oliver Twist.Oliver Twist is one of Dickens’ serious works. And it can reveal humanistic thought from many small aspects, such as the characters’ portraiture of figures, the design and arrangement of the scene, the description of the cruel society in Oliver Twist. In nowadays, some people seem to doubt the existence of the humanistic thought in humanity. They look down on people’s honesty and kindness, thinking it is foolish of people to be warm-hearted. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer helps to others. On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit. These people often have no humanistic thought. Therefore, from Charles Dickens’ description of the darkness and the brightness in society, people can find his humanistic thought has high realistic values in Oliver Twist.II. Th