《英国文学》课程PPT教学课件（English Literature）Part VIII 2.Dickens

the foremost English novelist the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian era one of the English language's greatest writers foremost adj.最著名的；最重要的；最好的

❖ the foremost English novelist ❖ the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian era ❖ one of the English language’s greatest writers - foremost adj. 最著名的；最重要的；最好的

Charles Dickens CHARLES 1.Life Literary Career DICKENS four novels ll.Dickens Points of View lll.Dickens's Novels IV.Features of Dickens' A8H6Fò Works

❖ I. Life & Literary Career ❖ II. Dickens Points of View ❖ III. Dickens’s Novels ❖ IV. Features of Dickens’ Works

1.Life Literary Career The family: large moving from place to place: Plymouth London former home of Charles Chatham Dickens

I. Life & Literary Career ❖ The family: large moving from place to place: ❖Plymouth ❖London former home of Charles ❖Chatham Dickens

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I. Critical Realism ❖ 1. Definition ❖ 2. Historical Background ❖ 3. Features of Critical Realistic Writings

The father: a clerk at the Naval Pay Office shard work shard to earn enough money In 1823 arrested for debt

❖ The father: a clerk at the Naval Pay Office hard work hard to earn enough money In 1823 arrested for debt

Birthplace of Dickens:Portsmouth Charles had to start working in a factory,labelling bottles for 6 shillings a week. The economy eventually improved. www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk Charles went back to school

❖ Charles had to start working in a factory, labelling bottles for 6 shillings a week. ❖ The economy eventually improved. ❖ Charles went back to school. ↙Birthplace of Dickens: Portsmouth

started to work in a solicitor's office after leaving school *learned shorthand working as a reporter for the “Morning Chronicle”in courts of law and the House of Commons(英国下院)

❖ started to work in a solicitor’s office after leaving school ❖ learned shorthand ❖ working as a reporter for the “Morning Chronicle” in courts of law and the House of Commons (英国下院)

D ICKENS First success: HIS WORK AND HIS WORLD 助dad用s The Pickwick Papers,1836 Next: Oliver Twist,1837 Nicholas Nickleby,1838-39 Barnaby Rudge,1841

❖ First success: The Pickwick Papers, 1836 ❖ Next: Oliver Twist,1837 Nicholas Nickleby ,1838-39 Barnaby Rudge,1841

A.wooden house alongside the Thames in which Charles Dickens wrote some of his novels

A wooden house alongside the Thames in which Charles Dickens wrote some of his novels

travel to America arouse the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement

❖ travel to America ❖ arouse the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement