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查尔斯·狄更斯是英国文学史上最伟大的批判现实主义作家之一。《雾都孤儿》是他的早期的杰作之一，也是狄更斯最喜爱的小说。狄更斯把很大精力花在《雾都孤儿》的写作上，以作者儿时的坎坷经历为模板，赋予它特定的写作背景和写作意图。小说自出版以来，引起了相当大的争议，它通过塑造不同的人物角色，揭露出十九世纪英国社会的黑暗和底层人民生活的困苦，以及统治阶级的麻木。本文试图通过对小说中主要人物塑造的分析，结合小说的写作背景，使读者对小说中的人物有一个更深入的了解，并体会作者在小说构造中所表达出的邪不胜正的信念。
关键字：《雾都孤儿》；写作背景；人物塑造；困苦
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Abstract
Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realists in English literature history. Oliver Twist is one of his early masterpieces. It is also Dickens? favorite novel. Dickens spent great energy on the writing of Oliver Twist. It is based on author?s miserable childhood experience. Dickens endowed it with certain writing background and writing purposes. Since published, it has caused considerable controversy. Through the portray of different characters, it exposes the darkness of the society and the miserable life of the poor, and the numbness of the ruling class. This paper attempts to analyse the portrayal of main characters and the writing background, so that the reader have a deep understanding of the novel?s characters and appreciate the idea expressed in the novel that evil can never prevail over good.
Keyword: Oliver Twist; writing background; character portrayal;
misery
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Contents
摘要 ………………………………………………………………….….i Abstract ……………………………………………………….….……..ii Introduction ……………………………………………………….……1 Chapter 1 Novel’s Writing Background. ……………………………...4 1.1 The Critical Realists in the Mid-19th Century………...……...……..4 1.2 Brief Introduction to Dickens………………………………..……...5 Chapter 2 Analysis of Oliver Twist…………………………….………9 2.1 The Portrayal of Oliver Twist……………………………...………..9 2.2 London?s Influence on the Character Formation……………..……10 Chapter 3 Analysis of Fagin………………………………….……….14 3.1 Fagin and his Den...……………………………………………..…14 3.2 Fagin?s Absolute Evil………………………………………..….....15 3.3 Origin of the ?Jew? ………………………………………………...16 Chapter 4 Analysis of Nancy……………………………………….…20 4.1 The Portrayal of Nancy……………………………………………20 4.2 The Goodness of Nancy…………………………………………...23 Conclusion …………………………………………………...………...25 Bibliography …………………………………………………………...27
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