Abstract
Charles Dickens was s prominent critical the characters he created were realist in English literature, vivid even now, Oliver Twist was one of his masterpieces in reflecting the real and terrible life of London underworld. Dickens exposes the darkness and corruption of society at that time, and at the same time he took moral as symbol of humanity, all these made his works a typical representative of the humanitarian spirit.
Oliver Twist is the first novel in the English language to center on a child protagonist and is also notable for his unromantic portrayal of criminals and their pathetic lives. Dickens’s vivid description creates many lifelike characters, which impress the readership deeply. (Wang Xiujuan,2009)In Oliver Twist, from the viewpoint of bourgeois humanism, Charles Dickens criticizes the Victorian English society and exposes its sordidness behind the magnificent curtain of the so-called Victorian Golden Age. By means of narration of how orphans in a workhouse were bullied, starved, Dickens champions the importance of education. With the creation of the image of Oliver Twist, he attracts readers sympathy for him and lead readers think of the humanity.
Key words:Oliver Twist;Humanity;Corruption;Greedy;Literature
摘要
查尔斯·狄更斯是一位杰出的批判主义学者。他的很多作品中的人物在英国文学史上都具有现实的意义。《雾都孤儿》是他杰作之一，这部小说反映了伦敦社会中真实而又令人恐怖的社会底层生活。狄更斯将当时伦敦社会的黑暗和社会的腐败暴露出来，同时，他以人性的道德为旗帜，这使得他的作品成为了唤起人性的典型代表作品之一。
《雾都孤儿》是第一部以孩子为主角的英语语言小说，它以对社会中某些人的罪恶的平淡写照以及对他们可怜的生命的描述而著称。狄更斯创造了许多栩栩如生的人物，深深的打动了读者。在《雾都孤儿》中，狄更斯从资产阶级人道主义的角度出发，批评了维多利亚女王时代的英国社会，并公开了所谓的维多利亚盛世社会的阴暗面。通过对济贫院的孤儿是如何被欺负、受饿的描述，狄更斯指出了教育的重要性。通过《雾都孤儿》中奥利弗·特维斯特的形象的创造，狄更斯吸引了读者的关注及同情，并使得人们对人性进行反思。
关键词：《雾都孤儿》；人性；腐败；贪婪；文学
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Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………. i
Abstract in English………………………………………………………………………………………………. ii
Abstract in Chinese……………………………………………………………………………………………… iii
1.Introduction 1
2.Review of Oliver Twist 2
3.Charles Dickens’s humanity in Oliver Twist 3
3.1Children ill-fed 3
3.2Children uneducated 4
3.3Greedy capitalists 5
- Conclusion 7
Reference 8
