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1、CoincidencesinOliverTwist雾都孤儿情节巧合 OliverTwistisCharlesDickens’firstfullycraftednovel.Itcentersonthehardyearsofanorphan,OliverTwist,andissetagainsttheseamyundersideoftheLon2doncriminalworld.Dickenscreatedalivelypictureoflowlifeunderthecapitalisticsystem.Asth
2、eauthorofthenovel,hemountedadirectattackonthecoldimpersonalityoftheworkhousesystemrepresentingtheclasspeoplewithhard-heartedness,tyrannyandhypocrisy.Heusedhisuniquehumor,fiercesatireandpenetratinginsighttoexposethedarksidesofthethensociety.Meanwhileheshowedh
3、isgreatsympathyforthemiseriesandhardshipssufferedbytheworkingpeople.Itiswidelyacknowledgedthatthebook’smainthemeispositiveandoptimistic,whichreflectsDickensheldradicalideasatthattime,andreviewswereandaregenerallyfavorable.However,Dickenswasseverelycriticized
4、forintroducingmanycoincidencesintheplotofthestory.Forexample,thefirstpersonthatOliverTwistpickspocketshappenstobeMr.Brownlow,agoodfriendofhisfather’s.Later,OliverisforcedbyFagintoaccompanySikesinanattemptedrobberyofahouse,(needingasmallboytoenterawindowandop
5、enthedoorforthe(housebreakers),whoseowner,Mrs.Maylie,bychanceishismother’seldersister–hisaunt.Suchincidentswhichseemtobeunbelievableareregardedbymanyas”unevenandcontrarytothereallife.”Seemingly,coincidencesbecomethenegativesideofthenovel.Someevengosofarastot
6、hinkDickenswasnotwell-thoughtinplottingthestory.Asanovelist,DickensrepresentedEnglishcriticalrealismwritingduringthe19thcentury.HewashighlypraisedbyKarlMarxas“oneoftheexcellentnovelistsinBritain.”Suchagreatnovelistdidnotarrangecoincidencesinthestorywithoutpu
7、rposes.Therefore,tounderstandcoincidencescorrectly,wemustanalyzethemsystematicallyfromallsidesratherthantheone-sidedapproach.OliverTwistbyDickensischaracterizedbyafewcoincidencesespeciallyhappyencounters,aboutwhichsomereviewsareunfavorable.Thisessay,sharingq
8、uiteoppositeopinionstotheunfavorableones,provescoincidenceshaveadvantagesbymeansofsystematicanalysisfromthefollowingfourpoints:Dickens’radicalideas,hisuniqueartisticstyleaswellashisfirmbelief”go
