Charles Dickens课件

1、The most prominent novelist of the Victorian age.,Charles Dickens,his birth place,The first period (18361841) Period of youthful optimist: fun, high spirit, naive optimism. At this stage Dickens believed that all the evils of the capitalist world would be remedied if only men treated each other with

2、 kindliness, justice, and sympathetic understanding. Dickens thought that the whole social question would be solved if only every employer reformed himself according to the model set by the benevolent gentlemen in his novels. This naive optimism is characteristic of the petty-bourgeois humanitarians

3、 of his time.,His Major Works （the first period）,1) Sketches by Boz (1836) 博兹特写集, the first book of Dickens 2) The Pickwick Papers (1837) 匹克威克外传 3) Oliver Twist (1837-1838) 雾都孤儿 4) Nichols Nickleby (1838-1839) 尼古拉斯尼克尔贝 5) The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-1841) 老古玩店 6) Barnaby Rudge (1841) 巴纳比拉奇,His Majo

4、r Works （the first period）,His Major Works （the second period）,The second period (1842-1850) Period of excitement, irritation and frustration: exposing the corrupting influence of wealth and power, optimism turned into dissatisfaction and irritation. Dickens second period began from 1842, the year a

5、fter his first visit to America. Before the visit, Dickens thought of the United States as a world in which there were no class divisions and human relations were humanitarian. But what impressed him most during his visit there was the rule of the dollar and the enormously corruptive influence of we

6、alth and power. Dickens naive optimism toward the capitalist society was profoundly shaken.,His Major Works （the second period）,1) American Notes (1842) 美国札记 2) Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844) 马丁朱述尔维特 3) A Christmas Carol (1843)圣诞颂歌 4) The Chimes教堂钟声 5) The Cricket on the Hearth灶上蟋蟀 6) Dombey and Son(

7、1847-1848) 董贝父子 7) David Copperfield (1849-1850) 大卫科波菲尔 the most autobiographical, one of the greatest English novels,The third period (1850-1870) a Period of steadily intensifying pessimism, showing underlying tone of bitterness, loss of hope for English bourgeois society. In his novels of this per

8、iod, Dickens, consciously and subconsciously, shows himself more and more at odds with bourgeois（资产阶级的） society .,His Major Works （the third period）,His Major Works （the third period）,1) Bleak House(1852-1853) 荒凉山庄 2) Hard Times(1854) 艰难时世 3) Little Dorrit (1855-1857)小杜丽 4) A Tale of Two Cities(1859

9、) 双城记 5) Great Expectations(1860-1861) 远大前程 6) Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865) 我们的共同朋友 7) Edwin Drood (unfinished)(1869) 艾德温德鲁德之迷.,In this novel, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. In a book which is part autobiographical, the novel

10、ist transmutes his life-experience into a series of comic and sentimental adventures.,David Copperfield,Dickens is based on the idea of humanitarian, exposed the evils of money 摩德斯通骗娶大卫的母亲是觊觎她的财产；爱弥丽的私奔是经受不起金钱的诱惑； 威克菲尔一家的痛苦，海姆的绝望，无一不是金钱造成的恶果。 而卑鄙小人希普也是在金钱诱惑下一步步堕落的，最后落得个终身监禁的可耻下场。 The morality of Dic

11、kens himself: one good turn deserves another, what goes around comes around“ 这部小说里各类主要人物的结局，都是沿着这种脉络设计的。 如象征着邪恶的希普和斯提福兹最后都得到了应有的惩罚； 而善良的人都找到了可喜的归宿。 狄更斯希翼以这样的道德观来改造社会，消除人间罪恶，这是他的局限性所在。 Humanitarian spirit 人道主义精神 这种精神不仅是作者个人情怀的体现，同时也是对那些需要社会关怀和救助的弱势群体带来的精神抚慰。 人性即是狄更斯人道主义的基础和出发点，道德是狄更斯人道主义思想的主要内容， 对社会的

12、批判则是狄更斯从人道主义出发对社会进行观察和评价的结果。,Bleak House,小说的一条线索围绕大法官法庭审理“加迪斯控告加迪斯”这一神秘财产诉讼案展开。 加迪斯家的一个先人发了一笔横财，去世前留下了遗嘱，但遗嘱稀奇古怪，没人可以读懂。 后代们为了争夺遗产，消耗了青春，献出了满腔热情，但最终只能心灰意冷，甚至郁郁而终。 大法官法庭对这个案件的审理一拖再拖，一晃几十年过去了，诉讼费用耗完了所有财产，整个案件也就不了了之。 很多人成了僵化死板的法律条文和墨守成规的国家机器的牺牲品。 作品充分暴露了英国司法制度的腐朽和无能、律师们的贪心本性和龌龊行径。 小说的另一条线索围绕伊斯特萨摩森小姐及其生

13、母德罗克夫人的秘密展开。 伊斯特是德罗克夫人在婚前与霍顿船长偷情所生的私生女。 德罗克夫人以为情夫和孩子早已不在人世，自己的秘密永远不会被揭穿。 但狡猾邪恶的家庭律师图经霍恩偶然发现了这个秘密，对德罗克夫人步步紧逼， 后者选择了离家出走，最后死在了昔日情夫的墓前。 而夫人的私生女在监护人约翰加迪斯的庇护和帮助下，过上了幸福美满的生活。,双城记写的是发生在巴黎和伦敦两个城市的故事。 法国大革命期间，英国伦敦的年轻律师席尼卡顿，爱上了巴黎女子露丝曼纳。但露丝曼纳却嫁给了法国贵族查尔斯达雷。 席尼卡顿为了成全所爱之人的幸福，竟然以牺牲自己的生命的方式来挽救查尔斯达雷的性命。,A Tale Of Tw

14、o Cities,It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we h

15、ad everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree

16、 of comparison only. 这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，也是愚蠢的时代；这是信任的年代，也是怀疑的年代；这是光明的季节，也是黑暗的季节；这是希望的春天，也是失望的冬天；我们的前途无量，同时又感到希望渺茫；我们一齐奔向天堂，我们全都走向另一个方向,I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。 No man or woman is worth your tears, and t

17、he one who is, wont make you cry. 没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you cant have them. 失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。 Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁

18、会爱上你的笑容。 To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。 Just because someone doesnt love you the way you want them to, doesnt mean they dont love you with all they have. 爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。 Dont try so hard, the best thing

19、s come when you least expect them to. 不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。,Great Expectations has been considered to be one of Charles Dickens most mature and relatively late works. Having experienced a wealth of human life, D