Appreciation of A tale of two cities 双城记赏析英文.doc

Appreciation of A tale of two cities A tale of two cities is one of Dickens’ most important works. Charles Dickens is an outstanding English writer. He created some of literatures most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. His writing style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic touch. Dickenss novels were, among other things, works of social commentary. He was a fierce critic of the poverty and social stratification of Victorian society. His literary style is also a mixture of fantasy and realism. 1. Full of romantic elements in the suspense novel ---A Tale of Two Cities 1.1 Strong romantic elements in Dickens’ novel It is generally regarded Dickens as a realist, but not a romantic writer. However, French historian Kazha thinks that Dickens is essentially a romantic, he classified Dickens and the Bronte sisters as a romantic writer, to Thackeray called realists. His argument on the later research on Dickens is very enlightening. British novelist, George Gissing and Jester Dayton found the romanticism in Dickens’ creations, Gisssing think that Dickens and Shakespeare, are the supreme idealist, he even directly called Dickens a romantic realism [1 ] ; Jester Dayton that shaped the characters of Dickens is not a person like God , he called England Dickens, the last myth of writers, perhaps the greatest myth of writers [2] . Modern British poet T.S. Eliot said that Dickenss characters and the characters Dante and Shakespeare, like, all belong to the scope of poetry [2] . Indeed, the spirit of idealism to the romantic way Dickens can never exclude. In his work, romantic love is often described; the struggle of good over evil is romantic; figure of joys and sorrows of life and death is often romantic parting. Specific to the Tale of Two Cities, the novel, Carlton and Pross complete of their noble acts are on the very r