Module 3　Literature

　　【美文阅读】　

　　狄更斯用现实主义笔法展现了当时广阔的社会风景画，又在幽默讽刺之余宣扬他那理想化的伦理道德观。在英国及说英语的国家里，他几乎家喻户晓。读狄更斯笔下的人物形象，其奥秘之处简直可以与《红楼梦》中的人物形象媲美。狄更斯不管是描绘人物的面貌、气质、谈吐，还是人物的服饰、举止风采，都能让人如见其人，如闻其声。

　　 Dickens' Literary Style and Characters

　　 Dickens' writing style is poetic，with a strong comic touch.His literary style is also a mixture of fantasy and realism.Many of his characters' names provide the reader with a hint as to the roles played in advancing the storyline，such as Mr.Murdstone in the novel David Copper field，which is clearly a combination of "murder" and stony coldness.

　　 One "character" vividly drawn throughout his novels is London itself.From the coaching inns on the out­

　　 skirts of the city to the lower reaches of the Thames，all aspects of the capital are described over the course of his body of work.

　　 Dickens is famed(著名的) for his description of the hardships of the working class，his intricate(错综复杂的) plots，and his sense of humour.But he is perhaps most famed for the characters he created.His novels created characters to whom readers could relate.Dickensian characters－especially their typical names，such as Oliver Twist，Pip，David Copperfield and so on－are among the most memorable in English literature.

　　【诱思导学】　

　　1．What's Dickens' writing style?

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　　2．What did Dickens describe most in his novels?

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【答案】　1.Poetic and a mixture of fantasy and realism.　2.The hardships of the working