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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheImagesofChildreninDickens’NovelsⅠ.IntroductionInthelongperiodofdominationofQueenVictoria,CharlesDickenswasthemostpopularandinternationallyknownEnglishnovelist.BeingthegreatestrepresentativeoftheEnglishcriticalrealism,hegaveusamostvividpictureofeverydaylife,oftheordinarypeopleofh
2、istime.Hecreatedalargenumberofunforgettablecharacters,wellknownandfulloflife.Hehadsufferedsobitterlyhimselfasachildandhadseensomuchevilnessthathewasburnedwiththedesiretofightittotheend.Whilerepresentingatruthfulaccountofthehardshipsbornbypoorpeople,hebelievedthatahard-workingandhonestmancouldachie
3、vehislittlepersonalbusinessundercapitalism.Thesuccessofonegreatnovelistwouldrelyonthecarrier:hisworks,tosupporthimself.CharlesDickenswrotemanyanovelsuchasThePickwickPapers,OliverTwist,DombeyandSon,HardTimesandATaleofTwoCities.CharlesDickensusedhispentomouldatypicalfigureofallstratumsintheVictorian
4、age:Mr.Pickwick,thebenevolentgentleman;OliverTwist,thegoodluckyyoungman;Mr.Grandgrad,thevictimofhisownridiculousutilitarianphilosophyandMr.Manetle,theinnocentdoctorwhowitnessedtheFrenchRevolution.AlltheabovenovelsplayedanimportantroleinCharlesDickens’successfulcareer.ButDavidCopperfield,anovelbase
5、donhisearlylifeexperiences,isDickens’satisfiedreminiscenceofhiswayoflifeandliteraryreappearanceofhispersonalhistory.LikeDickens,Davidworksasachild,pastinglabelsontobottles.Davidalsobecomesfirstalawclerk,thenareporter,andfinallyasuccessfulnovelist.Mr.MicawberisasatiricalversionofDickens’sfather,ali
6、kablemanwhocanneverscrapetogetherthemoneyheneeds.ManyofthesecondarycharactersspringfromDickens’sexperiencesasayoungmaninfinancialdistressinLondon.SowecanseethatDickenslikedthisnovelverymuch. NowonderDickenswrote,“ofallmybooksIlikethisthebest;likemanyfondparentsIhaveafavoritechildandhisnameisDavidC
7、opperfield”.DavidCopperfield,thestrong-willedyoungmanwhoreliedonhimselfsufferedalotandatlastbecameasuccessfulnovelistlikeDickens.ThroughthedescriptionofDavidCopperfield,CharlesDickensmadeafierceandharshattackupon