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1、CHARLESDICKENS’HARDTIMES:ROMANTICTRAGEDYORPROLETARIATPROPAGANDA?RonnieOldhamTheDepartmentofEnglish,AalborgUniversityInHardTimes,CharlesDickensgivesusaclose-uplookintowhatappearstobetheivorytowerofthebourgeoisieofhisday,yetthesemiddle-classcharactersareviewed
2、fromasingularperspective,theperspectiveofthoseatthebottomofthesocialandeconomicsystem.ThoughDickens’characterstendtobewelldevelopedandpresentedwithathoroughlyhumanquality,thestereotypicalfigureofarrogantanddemandingBounderbyfailstoaccuratelycapturethemotivat
3、ionsandattitudesofthetypicalsuccessfulbusinessmanofthedayandisanindicationoftheauthor’spoliticalmotives.HardTimes,ratherthanpresentingahistoricallyaccuratepictureoftheextraordinarychangesbroughtaboutbytheindustrialrevolution,isaone-sidedattackontheutilitaria
4、nvaluesystemofthemiddle19thcenturybaseduponemotionalblue-collarappealsforlaborsympathythatarenotuncommonintoday’scorporateenvironment.JosiahBounderbyofCoketownrepresentstheutilitarianattitudeand,assuch,isthevillainofthestoryandclearlythetargetofDickens’polit
5、icalargument.DickenscharacterizesBounderbyasapowerfulindividual,drivenbygreedandguidedbyadistortedviewofhumannature.HeistheonlywealthyindustrialistintroducedinHardTimes,althoughMr.Slearymightarguablybeconsideredthemorevirtuousbusinessman.Dickensclearlyportra
6、ysBounderbyasagreedyandindividualistic,self-servingcapitalist;ratherthananinsightful,forward-lookingcrafterofanewindustrialage.Dickensartfullyweaveshispoliticalenemyintoapompous,arrogantimagereinforcedwithtraditionalworking-classthemesthatleadthereadertoconc
7、ludethatBounderby,asamanifestationofGradgrind’sandChoakumchild’sphilosophyof"fact,"representsallthatiswrongwithindustrialsociety.DickensapparentlyexpectshisreaderstoaccepthisportrayalofBounderbyasbeingtypicalofthisnewbreedofindustrialists,butthecharacterrefl
8、ectsnoneofthebeginningsofmodernscientificprinciplesofmanagementdateemerginginthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.BybuildingontheprinciplesofAdamSmith’sWealthofNations,theworksofBabbage,Jevons,Newman,Ri
