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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheImagesofChildreninDickens’NovelsⅠ.IntroductionInthelongperiodofdominationofQueenVictoria,CharlesDickenswasthemostpopularandinternationallyknownEnglishnovelist.BeingthegreatestrepresentativeoftheEnglishcriticalrealism,hegaveusamostvividpictureofeverydaylife,ofthe
2、ordinarypeopleofhistime.Hecreatedalargenumberofunforgettablecharacters,wellknownandfulloflife.Hehadsufferedsobitterlyhimselfasachildandhadseensomuchevilnessthathewasburnedwiththedesiretofightittotheend.Whilerepresentingatruthfulaccountofthehardshipsbornbypoorpeople,hebelievedthata
3、hard-workingandhonestmancouldachievehislittlepersonalbusinessundercapitalism.Thesuccessofonegreatnovelistwouldrelyonthecarrier:hisworks,tosupporthimself.CharlesDickenswrotemanyanovelsuchasThePickwickPapers,OliverTwist,DombeyandSon,HardTimesandATaleofTwoCities.CharlesDickensusedhis
4、pentomouldatypicalfigureofallstratumintheVictorianage:Mr.Pickwick,thebenevolentgentleman;OliverTwist,thegoodluckyyoungman;Mr.Grandgrad,thevictimofhisownridiculousutilitarianphilosophyandMr.Manetle,theinnocentdoctorwhowitnessedtheFrenchRevolution.Alltheabovenovelsplayedanimportantr
5、oleinCharlesDickens’successfulcareer.ButDavidCopperfield,anovelbasedonhisearlylifeexperiences,isDickens’satisfiedreminiscenceofhiswayoflifeandliteraryreappearanceofhispersonalhistory.LikeDickens,Davidworksasachild,pastinglabelsontobottles.Davidalsobecomesfirstalawclerk,thenareport
6、er,andfinallyasuccessfulnovelist.Mr.MicawberisasatiricalversionofDickens’sfather,alikablemanwhocanneverscrapetogetherthemoneyheneeds.ManyofthesecondarycharactersspringfromDickens’sexperiencesasayoungmaninfinancialdistressinLondon.SowecanseethatDickenslikedthisnovelverymuch. Nowond
7、erDickenswrote,“ofallmybooksIlikethisthebest;likemanyfondparentsIhaveafavoritechildandhisnameisDavidCopperfield”.DavidCopperfield,thestrong-willedyoungmanwhoreliedonhimselfsufferedalotandatlastbecameasuccessfulnovelistlikeDickens.ThroughthedescriptionofDavidCopperfield,CharlesDick
8、ensmadeafierceandharshattackupont