英美文学论文_狄更斯和他的作品

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1、CharlesDickensandhisworkAChristmasCarolE1102魏晓宁2011012467CharlesDickensCharlesDickens(7February1812–9June1870)wasanEnglishwriterandsocialcriticwhoisgenerallyregardedasthegreatestnovelistoftheVictorianperiodandthecreatorofsomeoftheworld'smostmemorablefictionalcharacters.C

2、harlesDickensismuchlovedforhisgreatcontributiontoclassicEnglishliterature.HewasthequintessentialVictorianauthor.Hisepicstories,vividcharactersandexhaustivedepictionofcontemporarylifeareunforgettable.DuringhislifetimeDickens'sworksenjoyedunprecedentedpopularityandfame,and

3、bythetwentiethcenturyhisliterarygeniuswasfullyrecognizedbycriticsandscholars.Hisnovelsandshortstoriescontinuetoenjoyanenduringpopularityamongthegeneralreadingpublic.Hisownstoryisoneofragstoriches.HewasborninPortsmouthon7February1812,toJohnandElizabethDickens.Thegoodfortu

4、neofbeingsenttoschoolattheageofninewasshort-livedbecausehisfather,inspirationforthecharacterofMrMicawberin'DavidCopperfield',wasimprisonedforbaddebt.Theentirefamilies,apartfromCharles,weresenttoMarshalseaalongwiththeirpatriarch.CharleswassenttoworkinWarren'sblackingfacto

5、ryandenduredappallingconditionsaswellaslonelinessanddespair.Afterthreeyearshewasreturnedtoschool,buttheexperiencewasneverforgottenandbecamefictionalizedintwoofhisbetter-knownnovels'DavidCopperfield'and'GreatExpectations'.Likemanyothers,hebeganhisliterarycareerasajournali

6、st.HisownfatherbecameareporterandCharlesbeganwiththejournals'TheMirrorofParliament'and'TheTrueSun'.Thenin1833hebecameparliamentaryjournalistforTheMorningChronicle.Withnewcontactsinthepresshewasabletopublishaseriesofsketchesunderthepseudonym'Boz'.InApril1836,hemarriedCath

7、erineHogarth,daughterofGeorgeHogarthwhoedited'SketchesbyBoz'.Withinthesamemonthcamethepublicationofthehighlysuccessful'PickwickPapers’andfromthatpointontherewasnolookingbackforDickens.Thoughhehadlittleformaleducation,hisearlyimpoverishmentdrovehimtosucceed.Heeditedaweekl

8、yjournalfor20years,wrote15novelsandhundredsofshortstoriesandnon-fictionarticles,lecturedandperformedext