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1、ABriefAnalysisoftheImagesofChildreninDickens’NovelsⅠ.IntroductionInthelongperiodofdominationofQueenVictoria,CharlesDickenswasthemostpopularandinternationallyknownEnglishnovelist.BeingthegreatestrepresentativeoftheEnglishcriticalrealism,hegaveusamostvividpictureof
2、everydaylife,oftheordinarypeopleofhistime.Hecreatedalargenumberofunforgettablecharacters,wellknownandfulloflife.Hehadsufferedsobitterlyhimselfasachildandhadseensomuchevilnessthathewasburnedwiththedesiretofightittotheend.Whilerepresentingatruthfulaccountofthehards
3、hipsbornbypoorpeople,hebelievedthatahard-workingandhonestmancouldachievehislittlepersonalbusinessundercapitalism.Thesuccessofonegreatnovelistwouldrelyonthecarrier:hisworks,tosupporthimself.CharlesDickenswrotemanyanovelsuchasThePickwickPapers,OliverTwist,Dombeyand
4、Son,HardTimesandATaleofTwoCities.CharlesDickensusedhispentomouldatypicalfigureofallstratumsintheVictorianage:Mr.Pickwick,thebenevolentgentleman;OliverTwist,thegoodluckyyoungman;Mr.Grandgrad,thevictimofhisownridiculousutilitarianphilosophyandMr.Manetle,theinnocent
5、doctorwhowitnessedtheFrenchRevolution.AlltheabovenovelsplayedanimportantroleinCharlesDickens’successfulcareer.ButDavidCopperfield,anovelbasedonhisearlylifeexperiences,isDickens’satisfiedreminiscenceofhiswayoflifeandliteraryreappearanceofhispersonalhistory.LikeDic
6、kens,Davidworksasachild,pastinglabelsontobottles.Davidalsobecomesfirstalawclerk,thenareporter,andfinallyasuccessfulnovelist.Mr.MicawberisasatiricalversionofDickens’sfather,alikablemanwhocanneverscrapetogetherthemoneyheneeds.ManyofthesecondarycharactersspringfromD
7、ickens’sexperiencesasayoungmaninfinancialdistressinLondon.SowecanseethatDickenslikedthisnovelverymuch. NowonderDickenswrote,“ofallmybooksIlikethisthebest;likemanyfondparentsIhaveafavoritechildandhisnameisDavidCopperfield”.DavidCopperfield,thestrong-willedyoungman
8、whoreliedonhimselfsufferedalotandatlastbecameasuccessfulnovelistlikeDickens.ThroughthedescriptionofDavidCopperfield,CharlesDickensmadeafierceandharshattackupon