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1、学士学位论文Shandong University Bachelors Thesis论文题目:The Analysis of David Copperfields Characters 作 者 姓 名: 黄立煜 学 号: 20040701025 专 业: 英语专业 指导教师姓名: 纪云霞 专业技术职务: 教授 2008年 6 月 5 日15Contents Abstracti摘要iiIntroduction1I. Brief Introduction to Charles Dickens21.1 Charles Dickens Miserable Childhood21.2 Charles D
2、ickens Adulthood3IIGeneral Characteristics of David Copperfield32.1 Weakness and Immaturity of Child David Copperfield42.1.1 Weakness of David Copperfield42.1.2 Immaturity of David Copperfield52.2 Kindness of David Copperfield52.3 Stability and Maturity of Adult David Copperfield6III. Several Main C
3、haracters impact on David Copperfield73.1 Murdstone and Steerforth83.2 Miss Betsey Trotwood and Peggotty93.3 Dora and Agnes10Conclusion12Bibliography13Acknowledgements14AbstractDavid Copperfield, an autobiographical novel, is well known as the representative work of Charles Dickens, the greatest nov
4、elist in the Victorian period. Written in the first person, the novel depicts a broad picture of the society of Dickens times with his uncommon life experience. David Copperfield is also Dickens own favorite work. In writing, Dickens throws into this novel his thought, deep feelings and much of his
5、own experience in his childhood. Meanwhile, Dickens in some way retrospects and draws a conclusion to his life and expresses his life attitude and moral ideal. Furthermore, his novel also discloses the faulty mask of capitalist society and its strong desire and greed for money. It is safe to say tha
6、t David Copperfield is one of the most excellent characters created by Dickens. The paper first briefly introduces the author Dickens, and then undertakes a detailed study of the characteristics of David Copperfield through the analysis of the influence of the people on him. The paper intends to mak
7、e a preliminary explanation of it. The paper bases its outline on the development of David Copperfield, i.e. from his childhood to his adulthood. The analysis of the characteristics of David Copperfield will provide us a chance to see the features of the capitalist society and give us some inspirati
8、on about life.Key words: David Copperfield; characteristics; life experience摘要大卫科波菲尔是英国维多利亚时期最杰出的批判现实主义作家查尔斯狄更斯的自传体小说。小说中主人公大卫科波菲尔以第一人称讲述了他不平凡的生活经历,为读者描绘了一幅当时社会的广阔画卷。这部小说是狄更斯自己最钟爱的一部作品,小说中作者投入了大量的亲身经历、体会以及个人情感,使之成为了作者“最溺爱的孩子”。同时,作者从某些方面回顾了自己的人生道路,表达了自己的生活态度、道德理想, 并且深度揭示了当时社会的真正面貌及人们对于金钱的强烈欲望与贪婪。完全可以
9、说,大卫科波菲尔是狄更斯创造的最为出色的一个人物形象之一。本文首先简单介绍了作者狄更斯与其所创作人物大卫科波菲尔之间的微妙关系,同时对大卫科波菲尔的周围人物对其性格的影响进行了分析,并对大卫科波菲尔的性格做了初步的阐述,并从童年、青年直到成年时期的大卫科波菲尔的变化中发现其成长历程中的特点。对大卫科波菲尔性格的分析,为我们了解资本主义的特征提供了机会,同时也给了我们人生的启迪。关键词: 大卫科波菲尔;性格; 生活经历IntroductionCharles Dickens(18121870)is the most popular and famous English novelist. Bein
10、g the greatest representative of the English critical realism, he gives us a vivid picture of the everyday life of ordinary people in David Copperfield. David, the leading character of the novel, is a person who, from a poor orphan, grows up to be a famous writer after a series of hardships, disappo
11、intment, trial and affliction, and at last becomes a man of property, a man of grace and a man of independence. Coincidently, Charles Dickens was also such a man, a man with a successful life. So we could say that the novel, David Copperfield, is Dickens satisfied reminiscence of his life style and
12、literature reappearance of his personal experience.This thesis gives a brief introduction to the author Charles Dickens in Chapter one; and Chapter two analyses the general characteristics of David Copperfield, the hero of this novel, and others influences ON his life are explored in Chapter three.
13、The conclusion is the last part.I. Brief Introduction to Charles DickensCharles Dickens is one of the most famous English writers in the 19th century, and all his life and works keep pace with the development of his times. On the whole, his novels are mainly written in a realistic way, disclosing th
14、e hypocrisy, greed, meanness and cruelty of the upper-class and capitalist society. As well he always tries to awaken the general public to struggle against the oppression with a great sympathy and serious attitude. In addition, he praises in his works the good qualities of human beings, such as tru
15、th, kindness and beauty.1.1 Charles Dickens Miserable ChildhoodCharles Dickens was born on February 7th, 1812. His father was a clerk, who was “irresponsible and extravagant with the money he earned, and cast the family into debt and financial crisis time and again, until he eventually ended up in M
16、arshalsea Debtors Prison” (Champion, 2005: 11). Because of this he was not sent to the school and had to work to support his family. The work at Warrens Blacking Factory was a job demeaning and stultifying to his talents. Forster ever said this miserable experience was the secret agony of his soul a
17、nd the misery to the young heart. The miserable time of young Dickens and the mistreatment to children and child-labor were common subjects recurring frequently in his novels. In David Copperfield, he also expressed this kind of experience in another way. “Murdstone & Co. dealt chiefly in cheap wine
18、s, so it warehouse was full of empty bottles. It was to be my job to wash themHow I hated to work in such a dirty and rotten place” (Champion, 2005: 60). This period of Davids life has many similarities to that of Dickens when he works at Warrens Blacking Factory.The painful experience of Dickens in
19、 his childhood anneals his will. Through this, he is not afraid of hardships in life in the future, and gets more positive and optimistic when facing the setbacks and difficulties. And all the experience in his life and difficulties he comes across influence him a lot in his literature creating.1.2
20、Charles Dickens AdulthoodAfter the miserable childhood, Dickens life changed dramatically. He started to work in Ellis and Blackmore as a lawyer, so this post appeared in his works time and time again. After that, Dickens engaged himself into literature and then became an outstanding critical realis
21、tic writer in English in the 19th century. His works involved every field in the society, which expressed his empathy to the lower-class who were oppressed and exploited. “Dickens captured the spirit of his age in both a profound and entertaining way. He wrote with wit and humor, but he also wrote a
22、bout the everyday tragedies of life he saw around him. He put these all into the context of Victorian society” (Champion, 2005: 2).So, the majority of characters in his works are ordinary person in daily life. Charles Dickens usually creates a specific person with unique character by describing his
23、behaviors, gestures and words. And in his works, he often introduces us a good many heroes, vital and lifelike. David Copperfield is an autobiographical novel of Charles Dickens. The author expresses his own attitude towards life and his desire. “David Copperfield, as well as being strongly based on
24、 events in Dickens own life, is held as a novel that makes a further shift in his writing” (Champion, 2005: 92). Readers are moved by the hero who is kind-hearted, up-right and dauntless.“Dickens used many of the thousands of experiences and encounters from his real life in his works of fiction, alt
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