Reading aloud in 19th century England: some evidence from Victorian fiction

ABSTRACT

Victorian fiction can provide a valuable source of information about society by virtue of its topicality and realistic techniques, influenced by contemporary journalism. In particular, the novels of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy throw light on literacy practices, including reading aloud. The higher the literacy levels of the novels’ characters, the less reading aloud is reported; and as literacy becomes more widespread through the 19th century, it is commented on increasingly less. Significantly, when instances of reading aloud are depicted, they fulfil purposes that seem to correspond with recognisable present-day scenarios, in which the power of the spoken word resonates.     

The Evolution of Charles Dickens′Humanitarian Outlook

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冰心和狄更斯作品中儿童形象创作的比较研究

通过对冰心与狄更斯就儿童形象创作等方面的比较,探讨了两位作家在作品中表现出的儿童的不同结局以及倾注在其中的关爱和同情,阐述了冰心与狄更斯对儿童题材创作的贡献和其各自的局限性。     

浅析《大卫·科波菲尔》中人物描写的基本特点

《大卫·科波菲尔》中狄更斯对人物的外在形态进行了细致入微的刻画,对反面人物进行了辛辣的讽刺,同时采用了夸张,比喻,对比等修辞手法塑造了很多独一无二、栩栩如生的人物形象。本文对书中人物描写的基本特点进行了简要分析。     

狄更斯小说的情感色彩和法律因素

狄更斯的童年经历和人生轨迹使他的作品充满着情感和法律的交织与冲突。作为一个温和的人道主义者,狄更斯主张“行善施爱”,极力宣扬人性中善对恶、美对丑的最终胜利,将“爱”高置于法律之上;作为一个清醒的现实主义作家,狄更斯认为“恶者必亡”,既猛烈地批判资本主义法律的不仁不义,又否定“恶”对法律的肆意践踏,展示了善恶冲突中的情与法、罪与罚的复杂纠葛。     

被禁锢的心灵——查尔斯·狄更斯小说《远大前程》中的“监狱意象”

分析查尔斯·狄更斯小说<远大前程>中"监狱意象"的情景语境和社会文化语境,揭示小说的主题意蕴,展示小说家的人文关怀,从而管窥狄更斯后期小说的创作风貌.     

《远大前程》语言特色分析

英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的长篇小说《远大前程》是他所有作品中无论从语言上还是结构上都堪称是最完美之作品,体现出他复杂多变的艺术风格。他的小说运用一系列的艺术修辞手法,如比喻、夸张、长短句并用、人物的本色语言、重复与对偶等等,刻画出栩栩如生的人物形象,给读者带来了美的享受和深刻的启迪。     

A Strange Condition of Things: Alterity and knowingness in Dickens’ David Copperfield

Abstract

It is sometimes said that we are strangers to ourselves, bearers of internal alterity, as well as to each other. The profounder this strangeness then the greater the difficulty of giving any systematic account of it without paradox: of supposing that our obscurity to ourselves can readily be illuminated. To attempt such an account, in defiance of the paradox, is to risk knowingness: a condition which, appearing to challenge our alterity but in fact often confirming it, holds an ambiguous place in the ‘ethics of belief’ and has largely escaped philosophical attention. Like alterity, knowingness can only be approached indirectly. Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield, is exemplary in the way he handles these themes.     

从《雾都孤儿》看狄更斯小说的现实性与童话性

查尔斯·狄更斯是英国批判现实主义小说的代表作家。《雾都孤儿》作为其早期作品,其中有不少现实性的描写,表现在儿童生活的现实性、下层人士生活的现实性以及司法的现实性等方面。然而,小说中也出现了不少童话性的描写。究其原因,从系统的观点看。构成狄更斯童话性话语系统的关系项主要有客观环境、自组织,以及狄更斯的创作态度等。他的现实性描写,真实再现了资本主义制度下穷苦儿童艰难的处境,而童话性的描写。则是其对社会自上而下改革的美好愿望。     

Dickens,Chesterton, and the Future of English Studies

The idea that literature has inspirational qualities and is produced by Great Writers has repeatedly come under attack as literary studies seeks to redefine itself. Yet the ability to think of the writer as genius, seer, moral guide, all the romantic possibilities, in short, is arguably as important as it has always been. Engaging with what G.K. Chesterton wrote about Dickens’ fiction more than a century ago can lead to a better understanding of how subtle, provocative and topical the issues Chesterton raises are. His commentary on Dickens’ Christmas stories shows how an author-centred approach can bring his central concerns into sharper focus.