《名利场》的现实意义初探的论文

《名利场》的现实意义初探的论文

摘要: 是19 世纪英国批判现实主义作家萨克雷的代表作,这部伟大的作品具有鲜明的艺术特色。以幽默、讽刺、旁白等叙事手法陈述故事,通过愉快活泼的对话刻划人物,采用现实主义表现手法揭露当时英国上流社会尔虞我诈的种种丑态,使作品产生了独特的艺术魅力,从而奠定了萨克雷在英国文学史上的重要地位。

关键词:《名利场》;现实主义;幽默;讽刺;旁白

abstract :vanity fair written by william makepeace thackeray is generally recognized as his masterpiece,through which he established his important position in the history of english literature. inthenovel , thakeray profoundly exposes the social evils and reality of the times through realism and satire. this paper tries to make some explorations of the novelps elements of realism and satire that contribute much to its great success.

key words :vanity fair ;realism;satire ;humor ;narration

thackeray said :the aim of the tragedy and poetry is to invoke various feelingsmuch emphasis on“nature and truth”.its writing style is so masculine , felicitous , humorous and pleasant that unless to very obtuse perceptions , one fair is written not how it can fail of being attractive. particularly its artistic features are more unique compared with those of other contemporary european writers.“the art of the novel is to express nature , to conv ey truth ———[1] actions and languages of the characters are of heroic characteristic. thusheputs under the guide of this principle,hismasterpiece vanity

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in my eyes , the first artistic feature of vanity fair is its realism. it is prominently manifested in terms of characterization.

the triumph of thackeraypsartofcharacterizationishisrealism. drawn from persons actually known to him. thus it is said that amelia sedley is drawn after his own wife ,and sydney morgan suggested as the origin for rebecca (becky) sharp[2] . his characters are neither god nor devil , but real human beings with common human joys and sorrows , virtues and weaknesses. this is the reason for their vitality , they are solid figures of flesh and blood and not merely lifeless abstractions. realism is manifested by the effective use of physical details. they are never presented in isolation , but in their milieu , both social and physical.

thackerayps morality is more realistic , nearer to nature than that of dickens. there are no poetic justice , no sudden conversions and no artificial trying of the loose ends at the end. the wicked sufferers , and their suffering come quite naturally and convincingly. at the moment of their highest achievement , their success turns out to be dust and ash. becky sharp succeeds in marrying rawdon , but her success becomes pointless in her mouth when sir pitt proposes to her and she realizes that she has committed an error of judgment. dobbin is a gentleman , who succeeds in marrying amelia , but realizes that the price is not worth having. amelia wastes the best years of her life in nursing the memory of her husband , and then comes to know that he was not worthy of her devotion at all. in the end ,both the good and the wicked achieve only a limited success. ameliaps success and happiness is not much greater than that of becky. the morality inferred in this novel is more significant than that of dickens. however , thackerayps too frequent moral comments often strike a jarring note , and introduce an element of artificiality. the artistic and imaginative reality is to be frequently violated by the intrusion of a different order of reality.

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