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1、Charles Dickensl Poor Family in debtprison for debt blacking Factory(鞋油作坊).happiest timeHis Literary Creation&Literary Achievements Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical relistic writers of the Victorian Age.A combination of optimism about people and realism about society is obvious in his

2、 works.His Literary Creation&Literary AchievementsCharles Dickens is a master story-teller.His language could,in a way,be compared with Shakespeares.His humor&wit seem inexhaustible.Character-portrayal is the most outstanding feature of his works.His characterizations of child(Oliver Twist,etc.),som

3、e grotesque people(Fagin,etc.)and some comical people(Mr.Micawber,etc.)are superb.Dickens also employs exaggeration in his works.His Literary Creation&Literary AchievementsAn highly conscious modern artist.The settings are more complicated;the stories are better structured.Most novels of this period

4、 present a sharper criticism of social evils&morals of the Victorian England,for example,Bleak House,Hard Times,Great Expectations&so on.The early optimism could no more be found.nA man of action and business in the world,a student and writer of booksnThe best shorthand reporter on the London pressn

5、The best amateur actor on the stagenA successful periodical editornRadical in politics and ideologynConcerned about social problemsnFaithful to the people,pessimistic to capitalist society,the expression of the conscience of his age 我就是大名鼎鼎我就是大名鼎鼎狄更斯！狄更斯！If his writing career is an article,If his wr

6、iting career is an article,how many paragraphs do you divide?how many paragraphs do you divide?Divide his life into three parts 18361841,first period,Period of youthful optimist:fun,high spirit,naive optimismThe Old Curiosity Shop Oliver Twist Sketches by Boz The Period of His Life1842-1850,The seco

7、nd period-The second period-Period of excitement,irritation and frustration:exposing the corrupting influence of wealth and power,optimism turned into dissatisfaction and irritation American Notes DObey and Son David Copperfield The Period of His LifeThe third period,a Period of steadily intensifyin

8、g pessimism,showing underlying tone of bitterness,loss of hope for English bourgeois societyBleak House Hard Time A Tale of Two City Great Expectations Oliver TwistnOne of the best works of DickensnA powerful exposure of bou rgeois societynIts publication brought about some bettering of conditions i

9、n the English workhouses during the authors dayPlot of Oliver Twist nOlivers birth:of unknown parentagenMaltreated by Bumble,the parish beadlenIn London,he falls into the hands of a gang of thievesnRescued by Mr.BrownlownKidnapped by the thievesnWounded in a burgling expedition,rescued by Mrs.Maylie

10、 and RosenAdopted by Mr.Brownlow.A happy ending.nThe novel exposes the inhumanity of city life under capitalism.nIt shows the extreme brutality and corruption of the oppressors and their agents and the helpless sufferings of the poor and oppressed.nThe happy ending comes as a result of Dickenss optimistic belief in the inevitable triumph of good over evil.Good representative Bad representatives The unvanished conscienceOliver Nancy Bedwin BrownlowFagin Bumble