批判现实主义,狄更斯,萨克雷.ppt

Critical Realism and Dickens 批判现实主义和狄更斯 Main contents Background information Chartist literature Critical realism Charles Dickens Chartist literature Chartist Movement Chartist literature Chartist writers Critical Realism in 1840s n 50s vivid description of the English society with artistic skill hatred for the ruling classes and sympathy for the poor humor and satire democratic and humanistic character they are unable to find a good solution to the social problems Critical Realists Charles Dickens: lower n middle classes William Makepeace Thackeray: upper class Bronte sisters: women chracters Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: class struggle George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans): Psychological novels Charles Dickens狄更斯(1812—1870) Charles Dickens Family Life Father – John Dickens Mother – Elizabeth Barrow Father was a Navel clerk Financially comfortable and then poor Parents were sent to a Debtors Prison Dickens’ early years Family imprisoned for debt Young Charles forced to work in shoe factory: Warrens Blacking Factory Mostly self-educated – irregular schooling In 1827, he took a job as a legal clerk He then worked as a reporter in courts and in Parliament His Death Suffered a massive stroke three months after his final reading at St. James’ Hall Died the following day, June 9, 1870 Half way through with his final work Edwin Drood Longfellow wrote: “I never knew an author’s death to cause such general mourning. It is no exaggeration to say that this whole country is stricken with grief” Buried in Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey London and the Times Major Works in 1st period 1836—1841, youthful optimism cheats never thrive, virtue will triumph in the long run. eg. Pickwick Papers (1836-7) an effortless expression of comic view of life, a na?ve youthful vitality, a joy of living and a lightness of heart Major Works in 1st period 1) Sketches by Boz, ?特写集?, the first book 2) The Pickwick Papers, ?匹克威克外传? 3) Oliver Twist(1838), 《雾都孤儿》，dehumanizing workhouse 4）Nichola