摘要

《大卫•科波菲尔》是英国小说家查尔斯•狄更斯的第八部长篇小说，被称为他“心中最宠爱的孩子”，于一八四九至一八五零年间，分二十个部分逐月发表。全书采用第一人称叙事，融进了作者本人的许多生活经历。本文从人性的善与恶角度出发，首先简单介绍了狄更斯童年经历与大卫经历的相似之处，反映出作者和作品中的主人公都是富有正义感的善良的人。其次，以主人公大卫•科波菲尔的人生经历为线索和主要内容，详细介绍大卫成长过程中所遇到的善人与恶人并剖析他们的性格，引导人们详细了解19世纪时代人性的善与恶，并与当代人性的善与恶做出比较，以便深入了解人性善与恶的本质，从而使人们摒弃人性中邪恶的一面，发扬善良的一面，实现人人和睦相处，社会和谐。

关键字：大卫•科波菲尔；人性；善与恶；狄更斯

Abstract

David Copperfield is the eighth long novel wrote by Charles dickens，called as“an apple in his eyes”. This novel is divided into 20 parts，published month by month from 1849 to 1850. The whole book’s description, with so many experiences of the author, is from the view of first person. From view of good and evil of human nature, firstly, this thesis simply introduces the similarity of the experiences between the author and the main character—David Copperfield, reflecting their kindness and integrity. Secondly, taking the experiences of David Copperfield as evidence and main content, this thesis analyzes in details about the characters he met during the process of growing up, guiding people have a much better understanding of good and evil of human nature in the nineteenth century and by comparing with today’s good and evil of human nature, people will have know deeply about the essence of good and evil of human nature so as to eliminate the evilness of human nature, advocate the goodness of human nature and realize the social harmony.

Key words: David Copperfield; human nature; good and evil; experience.