狄更斯 双城记 英语 论文

Abstract

There are many themes like class contradiction and revolution in this book，but at the same time Dickens put love as the subject of the novel. In this paper I will emphasis the love of the two outstanding young to their lover Lucie. The love theme under the French Revolution indicateed the distinct epochal characteristics. This paper will analysis this from three parts. The backgroud of the story, the love of Charles Darnay and Lucie，the selfless love and sacrifice of Sydney Carton.

The first part I will describe some existed backgrounds of the time, and I also will indicate the class hatred. Especially the suffering of Doctor Manette at that situation. The second part I will study the love of Charles Darnay and Lucie, and analysis Doctor Man ette’s feeling for his daughter’s marriage. The last part is also the most important part, I want to analysis Sydney Carton’s characters and his selfishless of love. In conclusion, we can learn that the love theme in this novel was affected by the background and we can see the true love and goodness of humanity.

Key words ：love and hatred；the French Revolution；kindheartedness；selflessness

摘要

《双城记》中贯穿着阶级矛盾、革命等主题，同时狄更斯也将爱情列为这部小说的主题。这篇论文的侧重点就在于对小说中两个优秀的青年和女主露茜之间的爱恨情仇。爱情主题在特定的背景（法国大革命）下具有明显的时代特征。本文将分为三部分分析故事发生时代背景、露茜和查理代尔纳的感情以及西德尼卡尔顿对露茜的无私爱情。

第一部分分析时代背景及阶级仇恨背景。法国大革命前阶级矛盾愈演愈烈，梅尼特医生经历了那段贵族统治的残暴岁月。第二部分阐述革命背景下的爱情，梅尼特医生经过激烈的思想斗争，最终接受了代尔纳和露茜之间的爱情，体现了仁爱能化解仇恨。第三部分析了卡尔顿性格特点及牺牲自我挽救危难当中的爱情，体现了其爱情的无私和自身高尚的品质。最后得出结论，《双城记》中的爱情主题受到时代背景等的影响，体现了人性的善良和爱情的伟大。

关键词：爱恨情仇；法国大革命；仁爱；无私

I . Introduction

Charles Dickens and the plot of A Tale of Two Cities

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, on England's southern coast. John Dickens, Charles's father, was a respectable, middle-class naval pay clerk.John Dickens received a reasonable salary, but he always spent more than he made. In 1824 he was imprisoned for debt.He lived alone in poverty in rented lodgings while the rest of his family moved into prison with his father—a common practice at that time.John Dickens was released after three months, and Charles returned to school. Dickens always remembered and hated this period of his life and the degradation it seemed to entail. Yet here he first became familiar with the lower-class people who appear throughout his novels. Dickens also returns again and again in his books to prison scenes.Dickens also returns again and again in his books to prison scenes.

His first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, appeared in monthly installments in 1836 and 1837. It became an immensely popular best seller, making Dickens extremely famous at age twenty-four.From this time on, Dickens worked full-time as a writer. He published fourteen major novels, several plays, numerous short stories, and many other books and articles. A man of incredible energy and vitality, Dickens acted, edited a number of periodicals, and worked with various charitable organizations.Dickens's novels dominated the Victorian literary scene throughout his life. He was arguably the most popular novelist ever to write in English.

A Tale of Two Cities is probably the least typically Dickensian of all Dickens's novels. Shorter than most of his greatest achievements, A Tale of Two Cities lacks what Dickens called 'elbow room.' On the other hand, A Tale of Two Cities is certainly more direct and unified than many other Dickens novels. Its plot moves quickly toward climax, it contains few extraneous details, and everything serves a clear thematic purpose. Many passages create considerable suspense, and Dickens's language in this novel, written at the peak of his powers, amazes the sensitive reader