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1、TheCreationofWorksbyCharlesDickens班级：09级英语二班学号：090502011222姓名：石未芳OutofthevastofVictoriannovelists,thethreegreatest,Dickens,Thackeray,andGeorgeEliot,willbeselectedforspecialstudy.ThefirstofthesetoachievefamewasCharlesDickens.Thisman,therepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism,whowastobecomeagr
2、eatportrayerofchildlife,hadasad,painfulchildhood.Duetohisfather'simprisonofdebt,hehadlittleformaleducation,butmanagedtomakeupforthedeficiencythroughavidandextensivereadingonhisown.Stilllaterhelearnedtheshorthandandbecameareporteronparliamentaryproceedings.Thenhewroteforapictorialbook,ThePic
3、kwickPapers(1837),whichbecameimmediatelypopularandstartedhimoffonhislifelongwritingcareer.DickenswasaprolificwriterHewrote20-oddnovels,nottosaythehostofhisotherwritingsthatcameoutinprint.Readinghimisalwaysanenjoyableexperience.Hiseffectonthereaderscanbesuchthattheyfeelinstantlythattheyarein
4、thepresenceofgreatness.Forexample,ThePickwickPapersgivesarathercomprehensivepictureoftheEnglishsocietyofDickens1time,andtheblendingofhumourwithsatire,plusthebrilliantportraitsofPickwickandSamWellermakethebookdeservedlythefirstimportantworkofDickens.Inhisworks,Dickensgivesupamostvividpicture
5、oftheeverydaylifeoftheordinarypeopleofhistime.Hecreatedalargenumberofcharacters,welldrawn,fulloflifeandunforgettable.Hehadsufferedsobitterlyhimselfasachildandhadseensomuchevilthatheburnedwiththedesiretofightittotheend.Inmanyways,ofcourse,hestillbelongedtohisageandshowedthelimitsofpetty-bour
6、geoisoutlook.Whilepresentingatruthfulaccountofthehardshipsbornebythepoorpeople,hebelievedthatahard-workingandhonestmancouldyetachievehislittlepersonalhappinessundercapitalism.Hecriticizedthevicesofcapitalistsociety,butfailedtoseethenecessityofabitterstruggleoftheoppressedagainsttheiroppress
7、ors.Inspiteofhisweakness,however,therestillremainsthegreatwriterandgreatman,themanwholovedthecommonpeoplesohumanelyandunderstandingly.ThatiswhyDickenshasbeenafavouritewriterwiththepeopleoftheworld.Dickens9careercanberoughlysplitintotwobroadsub-periods.Th
