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1、Charles Dickens(18121870),(18121870),Charles Dickens (1812-1870),1. Life and Career Charles was born at Portsmouth, the son of an unpractical and improvident government navy clerk. Charles was exceptionally bright and articulate. The boy had a little primary education. At the age of 12, young Charle

2、s had to work at a shoe-blacking factory.,Those lonely, hungry days in his childhood inflicted so early in life upon such a sensitive boy had left an ineradicable bitter remembrance in the remainder of his life. To this experience, may evidently be traced no small part of the intense sympathy with t

3、he oppressed poor, especially with helpless children, which is so prominent in his novel.,Dickenss birthplace at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, a district on the outskirts of Portsmouth.,John Dickens (1785/6-1851) and Elizabeth Dickens (1789-1863), Charles Dickenss parents.,Group portrait of Charl

4、es Dickens, his wife, Catherine (center), and her younger sister Georgina, engraved by Edward Stodart after the 1843 pencil drawing by Daniel Maclise.,Later he became a Parliamentary reporter for newspapers. He married and published his first work Sketches by Boz, in 1836. He was the editor of sever

5、al newspapers and magazines. He traveled to America twice and widely on the Continent. He gave public readings from his works, an effort which drew heavily on his vitality.,2. Points of View A spokesmen of the poor people It is his serious intention to expose and criticize all the poverty, injustice

6、, hypocrisy and corruptness. He hates the state apparatus, especially the Parliament, and yet he is convinced that the state should intervene to control the rapacity of landlords and capitalists and to raise the living standards of the working class.,He is interested in social reform. He is certain

7、that reform should work in the direction of reducing aristocratic privilege. He wants improvement in the life of the poor, but is afraid of a real revolution. A humanitarian who pours all his love and sympathy for the poor, weak, innocent, injured and neglected good people,3. Special Features A mast

8、er story-teller Characterization both types and individuals mostly larger than life best at child character portrayal horrible and grotesque figures and the broadly humorous or comical characters.,Writing from a childs point of view Humor and pathos Dickens is a great humorist. He believes that life

9、 is itself a mixture of joy and grief. He gives readers bright merriments and dark gloom at the same time, mingling tears and laughter as in real life.,4. Major Works The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist David Copperfield Bleak House A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations,Major Works,18361841, youthful

10、 optimism 1) Sketches by Boz 特写集, the first book 2) The Pickwick Papers 匹克威克外传,Major Works,3. Oliver Twist 奥克佛特维斯特，雾都孤儿 4. Nichols Nickleby 尼古拉斯尼克尔贝 5. The Old Curiosity Shop 老古玩店 6. Barnaby Rudge 巴纳比拉奇 The first novel of social history,Major Works,The second period of excitement and irritation 1) A

11、merican Notes 2) Martin Chuzzlewit,3. A Christmas Carol圣诞颂歌 4. The Chimes教堂钟声 5. The Cricket on the Hearth灶上蟋蟀 以圣诞为题材具有浓郁宗教色彩。),Major Works,4. Dombey and Son 5. David Copperfield,Major Works,The third period of showing intensifying (increasing) pessimism 1) Bleak House 荒凉山庄 2) Hard Times 艰难时世 3) Lit

12、tle Dorrit 小杜丽 4) A Tale of Two Cities 双城记,Major Works,5) Great Expectations ; 6) Our Mutual Friend 7) Edwin Drood (unfinished),A note on serial publication, which Dickens exploited so brilliantly throughout his career, beginning with The Pickwick Papers (No. 4, published in July 1836).,A fragment o

13、f Dickenss original manuscript of The Pickwick Papers, coming from chapter 28, the famous Good-humoured Christmas Chapter set at Dingley Dell, which was first published in December 1836,Oliver amazed at the Dodgers mode of going to work, George Cruikshanks original pen-and-ink and watercolor sketch

14、illustrating a scene in chapter 10 of Oliver Twist.,Chapter the Tenth: Oliver becomes better acquainted with the characters of his new associates, and purchases experience at a high price, Dickenss autograph manuscript of the beginning of chapter 10 of Oliver Twist, the first of his works to be publ

15、ished under his own name.,Waiting at the Grave, an original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing by George Cattermole, after his wood engraving for Dickenss The Old Curiosity Shop.,a gallery of artifacts relating to Dombey and Son, including, as shown here, the fifth intallment of its serial run, whic

16、h closes with the death of Little Paul Dombey.,The friendly waiter and I, an original drawing by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), illustrating a scene in chapter 5 of David Copperfield.,a gallery of artifacts relating to Bleak House, including the engraved title page of the first book edition of the novel.,

17、a gallery of artifacts relating to Little Dorrit, including the wrapper of the final installment of the novel, shown here, a double number published in June 1857.,The last of the six installments completed by Dickens of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, published by Chapman and Hall in September 1870. The

18、 illustrated wrapper was designed by Dickenss son-in-law Charles Collins, who was to have done the plates as well (when his health gave out, he was replaced by the young Luke Fildes).,An original pen-and-ink drawing by F.A. Fraser of the final scene of Great Expectations, in which Pip and Estella, a

19、fter a separation of many years, meet again on the desolate property where Miss Havishams house once stood.,5. Great Expectations Story Pip, Joe Gargery Miss Havisham Estella Magwitch Biddy,Themes A novel about great expectations, or dreams and disillusions The personal development of Pip from a innocent, honest boy to a vain, selfish, snobbish young gentleman. The painful experience in the struggle to grow