Week 9-10 Charles Dickens .ppt

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) His epitaph He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of Englands greatest writers is lost to the world. “他是贫穷、受苦与被压迫人民的同情者；他的去世令世界失去了一位伟大的英国作家。” Main Contents Life and Works Literary Career Strength and Weaknesses Features of His Works Analysis of Oliver Twist Life and works (1) Life: a. clerk family; b. a miserable childhood; c. a clerk, a reporter, a writer; d. a man of hard work. (2) works of three periods. a. optimismb. frustration c. pessimism Life 查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens, 1812-1870），19世纪英国著名小说家，生于朴茨茅斯的一个小职员家庭。11岁时，由于父亲欠债，全家被关进了债务监狱。迫于家境困难，他只好当起了皮鞋油作坊的童工。苦难的经历在他幼小的心灵留下了精神创伤，不仅使他深切关怀和同情不幸儿童而且促使他为摆脱贫困而奋斗。1835年他成为一家报社的记者。记者生涯不仅锻炼了他的意志和能力，也给了他学习政治、观察生活的机会，使他这样一个出身中下层社会，又没有受过正规教育的人得以全面地了解英国社会。 Life 1837年狄更斯发表第一部长篇小说《匹克威克外传》（The Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club，1836-1837），一举成名。之后，他陆续创作了《雾都孤儿》（Oliver Twist，1838）、《老古玩店》（The Old Curiosity Shop, 1840-1841）、《董贝父子》（Dombey and Son, 1846-1848）、《大卫·科波菲尔》（David Copperfield, 1849）、《荒凉山庄》（Bleak House, 1852）、《双城记》（A Tale of Two Cities, 1854）和《远大前程》（Great Expectations, 1860）等20多部长篇小说以及许多中、短篇小说、杂文、特写和游记。狄更斯成功塑造了许多个性鲜明、形象独特的人物。他那富有社会批判意义的现实主义小说不仅使英国文坛焕然一新，而且对世界文学的发展也产生了深远的影响。 Literary Career Literary Career Upon his death, Dickens left to the world a rich legacy of 15 novels, and a number of short stories. They offer a most complete and realistic picture of English society of his age and remain the highest achievement in the 19th-century English novel. In nearly all his novels, behind the gloomy pictures of oppression and poverty, behind the loud humor and buffoonery（滑稽，诙谐）, is his gentleness, his genial mirth, and his simple faith in mankind. Literary Works Literary Career Dickens’ literary creation can be divided into three periods: The First Period The Second Period The Third Period The First Period 1836 Sketches by Boz 《博兹随笔》 1837 The Pickwick Papers 《匹克威克外传》 1837-1838 Oliver Twist 《雾都孤儿》 1838-1839 Nicholas Nickleby 《尼古拉斯.尼科尔