dickens狄更斯简介ppt

• His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities, though the same characteristics prompted others to criticize him for sentimentality and implausibility.
(1812—1870)
Feb.7th,1812 Portsmouth, Hampshire
Life
Idyllic time Warrens blacking factory
At 12
Father John Dickens
Spent too much money entertaining and retaining his social position
By 1857, the Dickens' marriage was allegedly a loveless one when he met the blonde and attractive 18-year-old Shakespearean actress, Ellen Ternan. He was 45. His public image would have been ruined if any reports of his extramarital affair were published. After all, he was a literary hero whose novels depict family life as a moral ideal.
Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison
Soapy in The Cop And The Anthem ???
child labor
His Life
restarted schooling at 13 15
shorthand
a lawyer’s office
writing career in 1833
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
Bleak House 1853 Hard Times 1854 Little Dorrit 1857 A Tale of Two Cities 1859 Great Expectations 1861 Our Mutual Friend 1865 Edwin Drood (unfinished) 1870
Little Nell in The Old
the spiritual essence
Curiosity Shop Rose in Oliver Twist Kate in Nicholas Nickleby Agnes in David Copperfield
Flora in Little Dorrit
Great Expectations
Dickens’ Major Works
• Sketches by Boz1836《博兹特写 集》 • Pickwick Papers1836《匹克威克 外传》 • Nickolas Nickleby1839《尼古拉 斯·尼克贝》 • Oliver Twist 1839《雾都孤儿》 • The Old Curiosity Shop 1841《老 古玩店》 • American Notes 1842《美国纪行》 • Barnaby Rudge 1841《巴纳比·拉 奇》 • A Christmas Carol 1843《圣诞颂 歌》 • Martin Chuzzlewitt 1843《马丁·翟 述伟》
The Chimes1844《教堂钟声》
The Cricket on the Hearth1845《灶上蟋蟀》
Dombey and Son 1849《董贝父子》
David Copperfield 1850《 大卫· 科波菲尔 》
Bleak House 1853《荒凉山庄》 Hard Times 1854《艰难时世》 Little Dorritt 1857《小杜丽》 A Tale of Two Cities 1859《 双城记 》 Great Expectations 1861《远大前程》 Our Mutual Friend 1865《我们共同的朋友》 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870《艾德温· 德 鲁德之谜》
Major Themes in Dickens’ fiction
• • • • • • Loneliness of childhood Oppression of poverty Uncertainty of love and marriage Indifference of social institutions Sustaining joy of family life Perseverance and sacrifice in face of untold hardships and injustice • Many autobiographical links between life and writings of Dickens
temporary revival of Chartism and the tempestuous years of 1848-49. ends with the triumph of European reaction, in 1850.
1849-50 David Copperfield
1851-1870,the third period steadily intensifying pessimism
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
first novel
Oliver Twist
without rest
Died of apoplexy
on June 9th,1870
Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey
He was a sympathiser to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world.
Charles Dickens (1812—1870)
Utilitarianism is the idea that the
moral worth of an action is determined solely by its utility in providing happiness or pleasure as summed among all sentient beings. It is thus a form of consequentialism(效果论), meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. The most influential contributors to this ideology were Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
parliamentary reporter Met Maria Beadnell in 1830
Dora in David Copperfield
His Life
in 1836
Sketches by Boz
《特写集》
Catherine Hogarth
married
became famous Pickwick Papers 《匹克威克外传》
• 3. Dickens is noted for his description of pathetic scenes that aim to arouse people’s sympathy.
• 4. Dickens is often described as using ‘idealised’ characters and highly sentimental scenes to contrast with his caricatures(讽刺画) and the ugly social truths he reveals.
The affair only ended at Dickens' death of a heart attack at 58 in 1870.
another model for his young women, particularly for Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities and for Estella Havisham in
Dickens’ artistic technique:
1. Dickens has a tendency to depict the grosteque characters or events.
• 2. Dickens loves to install life into inanimate(nonliving) things and to compare animate(linving) beings to inanimate things.



Nicholas Nickleby
A Christmas coral

1833-1841,The first period ,youthful optimism
1836 Sketches by Boz 1836-37 The Pickwick Papers 1837-38 Oliver Twist 1838-39 Nicholas Nickleby 1840-41 The Old Curiosity Shop 1841 Barnaby Rudge the rise and climax of the Chartist movement
Themes
• • • • • • Docks Aristocracy- wealth, rich, land and power Child labor- Oliver Twist Family life Lost love and unattainable women Dickens’ main characters greatly resemble himself and his life
affaironlyendeddickens?deathheartattack1870anothermodelhisyoungwomenparticularlyluciemanettetwocitiesestellahavishamgreatexpectationspickwickpapers1836匹克威克外传nickolasnickleby1839尼古拉斯尼克贝olivertwist1839雾都孤儿oldcuriosityshop1841老古玩店americannotes1842美国纪行barnabyrudge1841巴纳比拉christmascarol1843圣诞颂martinchuzzlewitt1843马丁翟dickensmajorworkshearth1845灶上蟋蟀dombeyson1849董贝父子davidcopperfield1850大卫科波菲尔bleakhouse1853荒凉山庄hardtimes1854艰难时世littledorritt1857小杜丽twocities1859双城记greatexpectations1861远大前程ourmutualfriend1865我们共同的朋友edwindrood1870艾德温德鲁德之谜15majorthemesdickensfictionsocialinstitutionssustainingjoyfamilylifeuntoldhardshipsmanyautobiographicallinksbetweenlife16themesaristocracywealthrichlandchildlaborolivertwistfamilylifelostloveunattainablewomendickensmaincharactersgreatlyresemblehimselfhislife17dickensartistictechnique
1842-1850,The second period excitement and irritation
1842 American Notes 1843-45 Martin Chuzzlewit 1843 A Christmas Carol 1844 The Chimes
1845 The Cricket on the Hearth 1846-48 Dombey and Son
Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey
Married Life and Family
In 1836, He married Catherine Hogarth at 24 10 children In 1837,Catherine's 17 year old sister Mary moved in with them passed away in Dickens' arms on May 7th In 1842, aged 15, Georgina Hogarth joined the Dickens family household In 1855,He went to meet his first love Maria Beadnell In 1858 He separated from Catherine
• 5. Dickens believe that good wins out in the end and often in unexpected ways.
best-known works

Great Expectations David Copperfield Oliver Twist
his most autobiographic work