ecame the most widely read and most vital and challenging expression of progressive thought.
• The Victorian age was also a great one for non-fictional prose.
orian value; Irish question (爱尔兰的问题);bad working
condition ; Inequality Between
men and women ; Karl Marx’s theory (卡尔·马克思理论);
unsettling of Religious belief (令人不安的宗教信仰)
• American Notes 《美国札记》（1842） • Martin Chuzzlewit 《马丁·瞿述伟》（1843） • Dombey and Son 《董贝父子》（1848） • David Copperfield 《大卫·科波菲尔》（1852）
Features of Dickens’ Novels 狄更斯文学创作的特色
Sharp social criticism. 尖锐的社会批评
Gentle humanitarian. 温和的人道主义
vivid outward portrayal 生动的人物塑造
Humorous and Pungent irony 幽默辛辣的讽刺
Reform bill （改革法案）of 1832; Chartist Movement（宪章运动）.
Mid-Victorian period: economic prosperity
and relative stability
Late period: decline of British
Empire and the decay of Vict-
Oliver Twist The Pickwick Papers
The middle period (1846- 1857): 狄更斯的中期创作
❖He criticise bourgeois and their morality 对资产者及其道德的辛辣批 判 ❖Gentle Moralism 温和的道德主义 ❖The plot and structure are more complete unified 情节结构更为完整统一 ❖Humor and satire 幽默讽刺风格
“ the genius who most fully expressed his contemporaries in the common interest”---Stefan Zweig
“一个最充分地表达了他同时代人的共同趣味的天才” （斯蒂芬-茨威格语）。
Charles Dickens （1812-1870）
• The poets of this period were mainly characterized by their experiment with new styles and new ways of expression.
Victorian novelists
Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray（ 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷）, Charlotte/Emily/ Bronte, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy（托马斯·哈代）
• Dickens is a 19th century British literature, the main representative of realism
• Marx and his reputation as the UK and other Thackeray, "a group of distinguished novelist
S.H.
1. Historical Background
Time Span （时间范围） :
from 1837 ,when Queen Victoria took the throne （王位） ,to 1901, when she died.
Three Periods（时期）:
Early period : the Industrial Revolution ; then
His representative works of that time
❖ The Pickwick Papers
《匹克威克外传》（1837）
❖ Oliver Twist 《奥利佛·退斯特》
(又名《雾都孤儿》（1838）
❖ The Old Curiosity Shop 《老古玩店》（1839）
❖ Nicholas Nickleby 《尼古拉斯·尼科尔贝》 （1841）
Queen Elizabeth
&
Queen Victoria
1、on the throne(王位)
for a long period of time
2、England developed
rapidly both politically
and economically
3、literature flourished
Early period (1836- 45): 狄更斯的早期创作
❖Gentle social criticism 温和的社会讽刺 ❖Fantastic optimism 充满幻想的乐观精神 ❖Novela picaresca “流浪汉小说”的结构 模式 ❖Exaggeration 夸张的艺术手法
Victorian poets
Alfred Tennyson（阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生）, The Brownings
Victorian playwrights
Oscar Wilde,
George Bernard Shaw
查尔斯·狄更斯 （Charles Dickens，1812－1870）
C.D is one of the greatest Victorian writers 英国维多利亚小说最重要的代表