雾都孤儿 Oliver Twist课件.ppt

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens British Novels in Victorian Period ( Mid 19th – early 20th century) Features: (1) Novel became the most widely read and the most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought. (2) Writers showed their primary concern about the people in the society with sympathy for the poor and the unfortunate and become the major voice of the literary world by presenting a faithful picture of the horrible capitalist England. Major writers of the period Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Birth and Family: Born of a clerk of Navy at Landport, Hampshire in southern England. His father fell into debt, and was thrown into the poor-debts’ prison when he was about ten year old. Education: Went to school for two years only. Working Experience: Clerk in a lawyer’s office - lawyer - Parliamentary reporter. Major works: Wrote 17 novels in his life Earlier period (1833-1850): (1) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (匹克威克外传, 1836-1837) (2) Oliver Twist (雾都孤儿, 1838) (3) Nicholas Nickleby (尼克拉斯， 尼克尔比, 1839) (4) The old Curiosity Shop (老古玩店，1841) (5) David Copperfield (大卫， 科波菲尔，1850) (6) Dombey and Son (董氏父子，1848) Major works: Later Period (1850-1870): (1) Bleak Houses (荒凉山庄，1853) (2) Hard Times (艰难时世，1854) (3) A tale of Two Cities (双城记，1859) (4) Great Expectations (远大前程，1861) Oliver Twist (雾都孤儿, 1838) Major Characters: Oliver Twist – the Hero, an orphan boy, an illegitimate son of a lady and gentleman. He is an innocent, gentle, virtuous (善良的), and pure child who grow up in a workhouse (孤儿院). Fagin – the notorious (声名狼籍的) Jewish fence and thief-trainer. Monks – Mysterious half-brother of Oliver’s, a vicious (邪恶的) man. Sikes – a member of Fagin’s gang, a thief. Nancy – Fagin’s concubine (姘妇), a victim of Fagin. She gives her life for Oliver when Sikes murders her for revealing Monks’s plots. Mr. Brownlow – a well-off erudite gentlemen who served as Oliver’s first benefactor. Friend of Oliver’s parents Agnes Fleming and Mr. Leeford. Mrs. Ma