《双城记》中狄更斯的人道主义_英语论文

Dickens’ Humanitarianism in A Tale of Two Cities

摘要

查尔斯·狄更斯是十九世纪一位典型的批判现实主义作家。人道主义精神是狄更斯作品不变的话题，他的作品《双城记》也深刻地反映了这一点。本文将从狄更斯的政治态度、对小说中不同类型角色的刻画、小说中所蕴含的宗教主题三个方面分析《双城记》中所体现的狄更斯的人道主义精神。然而，由于狄更斯的资产阶级身份，他的人道主义带有着自身的局限性。但是其资产阶级局限性并没有减弱他的人道主义对他所处的时代所产生的积极影响，而且这种精神在当今世界仍有积极的借鉴意义。

关键词：查尔斯·狄更斯；《双城记》；人道主义

Abstract

Charles Dickens is a typical critical realist writer in the 19th century. Humanitarianism is an invariable topic in Dickens’ works and his works reflect it profoundly. This paper aims to elaborate Dickens’ political attitudes, depiction of characters of different categories, and the religious themes contained in the novel these three aspects in order to analyze Dickens’ humanitarianism presented in A Tale of Two Cities. However, owing to his bourgeois status, Dickens’ humanitarianism carries its limits. Nevertheless, his bourgeois constraints haven’t weakened the active influence that has exerted upon his time, and also this humanitarianism can still be used as aspiring reference in present world. 

Keywords: Charles Dickens; A Tale of Two Cites; humanitarianism

Contents

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………1

2. Literature Review…………………………………………………………2

3. Humanitarianism Embodied in Dickens’ Political Attitude…………3

3.1 Dickens’ ambivalence about the Revolution and the revolutionaries………4

3.2 Social reformation…………………………………………………………5

4. Humanitarianism Embodied in Characterization……………………….5

4.1 Negative characters………………………………………………………6

4.2 Contradictory characters…………………………………………………6

4.3 Ideally positive characters…………………………………………………9

5. Humanitarianism Embodied in the Means of Religious Salvation……9

5.1 Human love………………………………………………………………10

5.2 Spiritual resurrection………………………………………………………11

6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………12

Works Cited…………………………………………………………………...14