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Charles Dickens (1812-70)

Charles Dickens (1812-70). His art . As a writer, his strength lies in his genius for depicting characters and describing situations, in his use of language. . His art. 1.vivid characters and unforgettable situations;

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Charles Dickens (1812-70)

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  1. Charles Dickens (1812-70)

  2. His art • As a writer, his strength lies in his genius for depicting characters and describing situations, in his use of language.

  3. His art • 1.vivid characters and unforgettable situations; • 2. an extraordinary range of language: lyricism, poetry , slang and dialects , from comic invention to great eloquence; • 3. humanity and a feeling for the poetry of life .

  4. His early works • His early works • youthful optimism (1836-41) • cheats never thrive, virtue will triumph in the long run. • eg. Pickwick Papers (1836-7) • an effortless expression of comic view of life, • a naïve youthful exuberance (vitality), • a joy of living and a lightness of heart

  5. His later works • Oliver Twist(1838) • pathos ( a feeling of pity and sorrow哀婉,凄楚,悲怆) is beginning to intrude on • humor; the cruelty and meanness of some officials and the terrible condition of the workhouse are exposed.

  6. His later works • In his later years, the author’s vision of life became more embittered. • Bleak House (1853) is an attack on the law’s delay. • Hard Times (1854) criticizes the whole ethic of capitalism as represented by Manchester school, laissez-faire (the principle of allowing people’s activities, economics and ethics. • A Tale of Two Cities(1859) takes French Revolution as its subject.

  7. His strength • He exposed the work house, the debtor’s • prison, the private school, the factory system, the court of law. He attacked the hypocritical, the conventionally • pious and their “philanthropy”.

  8. His weaknesses • 1.bourgeois morality • 2.sentimentalism • In my opinion, both of his strength and weakness lie in his feelings: he had sympathy for the poor, embraced life with his true heart; he knew the people’s feelings too, laughed and wept with them. But excessive indulgence in feelings mars his vision.

  9. Great Expectations • Social significance: • 1.humanitarianism; • 2. criticism of morality of bourgeois society; • 3.criticism of social evils; • 4.criticism of the exploitation of imperialism;

  10. Great Expectations • Artistic features: • 1.genre:bildungsroman(成长小说); • 2.exploration of characters’ psychology; • 3.involved plot; • 4.description of outer weather in accordance with the characters’s inner climate.

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