1、Charles Dickens 1812-1870,Charles John Huffam Dickens,Dickens(1812-1870) Born in Portsmouth, England a popular English writer a social critic a humor giant a key representative 19th century British literary realism,Brief Introduction,At age of 10 his family were force to move into debtors prison. Wh

2、en 15 years old ,Dickens became an apprentice in a law firm and later a civil court judge clerk and a then a new paper reporter stationed in parliament. He had only a few years school life.,Charles Dickens dies by stroke on June 9,1870 and he was buried at Westminster Abbey in the Poets Corner. “He

3、was a sympathiser to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed; and by his death, one of Englands greatest writers is lost to the world.”,Charles Dickens birthplace,2 Ordnance Terrace, Chatham, Dickens home 1817-1822,Dickens was the most popular novelist of his time,and remains one of the best know

4、n and most read of English author. His works have never gone out of print, and have been adapted continually for the screen since the invention of cinema,with at least 200 motion pictures and TV adaptations based on Dickenss work documented.,Reception,Many of his works were adapted for the stage dur

5、ing his own lifetime, and as early as 1913, a silent film ofThe Pickwick Papers was made.,Farewell readings,Between 1868 and 1869, Dickens gave a series of farewell readings in England, Scotland, and Ireland, beginning on 6 October. He managed, of a contracted 100 readings, to deliver 75 in the prov

6、inces, with a further 12 in London.,The second part,PPT模板下載： 行業(yè)PPT模板： 節(jié)日PPT模板： PPT素材下載： PPT背景圖片： PPT圖表下載： 優(yōu)秀PPT下載： PPT教程： Word教程： Excel教程： 資料下載： PPT課件下載： 范文下載： 試卷下載： 教案下載：,literary achievement,Literary style,Charles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realistic writers of the Victorian Age. It i

7、s his serious intention to expose in his works all the poverty, injustice,corruptness he saw all around him.,In his works,Dickens sets a large-scale criticism of the 19th-century England , particular London. A combination of optimism about people and realism about society is obvious in his works.,PP

8、T模板下載： 行業(yè)PPT模板： 節(jié)日PPT模板： PPT素材下載： PPT背景圖片： PPT圖表下載： 優(yōu)秀PPT下載： PPT教程： Word教程： Excel教程： 資料下載： PPT課件下載： 范文下載： 試卷下載： 教案下載：,The characters that he described are often small figures, the lower classes of the society, which is unprecedented in the literature.,SOME NOVELS,In “A Tale of Two Cities”, Dickens t

9、akes the French Revolution as the background of his novel, and the two cities are Paris and London in the time of revolution.,Background,It tells a story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, whil

10、e Carton is a cynical English barrister.,summary,However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette. The novel concludes with the death of Sydney Carton.,This novel profoundly reveal the sharpened social contradictions before the French Revolution and strongly attacked the cruel noble c

11、lass and deeply sympathize with the sufferings of the people. The theme pointed that peoples patience is limited, and the cruel rule which was made by the aristocracy will make the people resist.,Analysis,David Copperfield,David, whose father passed away when he was very young, has a bitter childhoo

12、d due to his malicious step-father. He is sent to lodging school and later works in a factory , where he receives ill-treatment.,He is unable to endure the dark life any longer and escapes from the factory. He finds his aunt finally through hardships. With the support of her, David continues his stu

13、dy and begins his new life. His suffering childhood comes to the end.,After graduate,he became a lawer and married his teachers daughter Dora But soon,Dora died of disease and David left for Australia with deep sorrow. After returning to homeland, he had become a writer and married Agenes,and from t

14、hat time he started a happy life,Conclusion,No matter how different the fate is, it is decided by character. Truth, kindness and beauty bestow people encouragement and energy. Desire is the root of evils.,Some sayings,PPT模板下載： 行業(yè)PPT模板： 節(jié)日PPT模板： PPT素材下載： PPT背景圖片： PPT圖表下載： 優(yōu)秀PPT下載： PPT教程： Word教程： Exce

15、l教程： 資料下載： PPT課件下載： 范文下載： 試卷下載： 教案下載：,Therearedarkshadowsontheearth,butitslightsarestrongerinthecontrast. 世界有陰影，但亮光在對(duì)比下顯得更強(qiáng),Therearestringsinthehumanheartthathadbetternotbevibrated. 人內(nèi)心有心弦，但最好不要顫動(dòng),PPT模板下載： 行業(yè)PPT模板： 節(jié)日PPT模板： PPT素材下載： PPT背景圖片： PPT圖表下載： 優(yōu)秀PPT下載： PPT教程： Word教程： Excel教程： 資料下載： PPT課件下載： 范

16、文下載： 試卷下載： 教案下載：,I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我愛你，不是因?yàn)槟闶且粋€(gè)怎樣的人，而是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g與你在一起時(shí)的感覺,No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, wont make you cry. 沒有人值得你流淚，值得讓你這么做的人不會(huì)讓你哭泣,PPT模板下載： 行業(yè)PPT模板： 節(jié)日PPT模板： PPT素材下載： PPT背景圖片： PPT圖表下載： 優(yōu)秀PPT下載： PPT教程： Word教程： Exc