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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheImagesofChildreninDickens’NovelsⅠ.IntroductionInthelongperiodofdominationofQueenVictoria,CharlesDickenswasthemostpopularandinternationallyknownEnglishnovelist.BeingthegreatestrepresentativeoftheEnglishcriticalrealism,hegaveusamostvividpictureofeverydaylife,oftheordinarypeople
2、ofhistime.Hecreatedalargenumberofunforgettablecharacters,wellknownandfulloflife.Hehadsufferedsobitterlyhimselfasachildandhadseensomuchevilnessthathewasburnedwiththedesiretofightittotheend.Whilerepresentingatruthfulaccountofthehardshipsbornbypoorpeople,hebelievedthatahard-workingandhonestmancoul
3、dachievehislittlepersonalbusinessundercapitalism.Thesuccessofonegreatnovelistwouldrelyonthecarrier:hisworks,tosupporthimself.CharlesDickenswrotemanyanovelsuchasThePickwickPapers,OliverTwist,DombeyandSon,HardTimesandATaleofTwoCities.CharlesDickensusedhispentomouldatypicalfigureofallstratumintheV
4、ictorianage:Mr.Pickwick,thebenevolentgentleman;OliverTwist,thegoodluckyyoungman;Mr.Grandgrad,thevictimofhisownridiculousutilitarianphilosophyandMr.Manetle,theinnocentdoctorwhowitnessedtheFrenchRevolution.AlltheabovenovelsplayedanimportantroleinCharlesDickens’successfulcareer.ButDavidCopperfield
5、,anovelbasedonhisearlylifeexperiences,isDickens’satisfiedreminiscenceofhiswayoflifeandliteraryreappearanceofhispersonalhistory.LikeDickens,Davidworksasachild,pastinglabelsontobottles.Davidalsobecomesfirstalawclerk,thenareporter,andfinallyasuccessfulnovelist.Mr.MicawberisasatiricalversionofDicke
6、ns’sfather,alikablemanwhocanneverscrapetogetherthemoneyheneeds.ManyofthesecondarycharactersspringfromDickens’sexperiencesasayoungmaninfinancialdistressinLondon.SowecanseethatDickenslikedthisnovelverymuch. NowonderDickenswrote,“ofallmybooksIlikethisthebest;likemanyfondparentsIhaveafavoritechilda
7、ndhisnameisDavidCopperfield”.DavidCopperfield,thestrong-willedyoungmanwhoreliedonhimselfsufferedalotandatlastbecameasuccessfulnovelistlikeDickens.ThroughthedescriptionofDavidCopperfield,CharlesDickensmadeafierceandharshattackupont