CHARLES DICKENS

Charles Dickens

Abstract

Charles Dickens is one of the most well-known English novelists of his time. He was born to John and Elizabeth Dickens. The family was raised in financial crisis and Dickens early life was marred by instances of poverty and indebtedness. As a consequence, the family was put to work at Warren's Blacking Factory, after things became better and his father was released from prison, Dickens was already twelve and had been emotionally affected by the circumstances to a great extent. All these instances have profound effects on his writings and he comes across as an extraordinary commentator on social issues.

Outline

Charles Dickens's novels as mirror to the social situation4

Charles Dickens's own experience influence his representation of orphans and children6

Dickens's representation of women7

Charles Dickens's social class influence his representation of the lower classes8

Charles Dickens as an anti-Semitic9

Literary styles / techniques used by Charles Dickens10

Charles Dickens's novels as mirror to the social situation

Dickens' acclaimed success and fame has rarely been achieved by another English writer, except perhaps for Shakespeare (Yelin 2007). The truth is that, above all, Dickens was pleased to provide the reader what he wanted, something that, on the other hand, greatly facilitated serialization, allowing the construction of history based on public feedback.

 Admired and loved by the people, Charles Dickens became a national hero. No wonder, therefore, taking into account the above, the work of Dickens has the most common features of the serialized novel, such as narratives incredible coincidences, a certain bourgeois moralism or excessive sentimentality that some of his best Readers will notice In any case, these singularities of the Dickens should not be surprised if Retracing his checkered life, from his difficult childhood as a poor child forced to work in a shoe polish factory until its maturity as a writer acclaimed and successful as thirty years whose stories were followed by readers around the world(Thurin 2003).

In the works of Charles Dickens, the same themes often recur. He reveals the themes of hypocrisy and the true essence of people. Almost every work of Dickens slips theme of unhappy marriage. This is David and Dora in the novel "David Copperfield, Paul Dombey and Edith Granger in Dombey and Son, Lord and Lady Dedlok in the product" Little Dorrit ".Dickens condemns climbing the corporate ladder, says it is evil that takes away people from those who love them. Examples include David ("David Copperfield"), Pip (Great Expectations) and Charlie Gexa ("Our Mutual Friend"). Many of Charles Dickens's most memorable characters are those whose language or personality traits are superbly comic: Sairey Gamp, the bibulous nurse in Martin Chuzzlewit, with her constant reference to the fictitious Mrs. 'Arris; Flora Finching, the parodic reincarnation of a stout, garrulous Maria Beadnell in Little Dorrit; and Turveydrop, the antediluvian dandy in Bleak House. Providing characters with distinguishing traits is, of course, a dramatic device (to see red hair and a handkerchief is to be reminded of Fagin, and knitting, of Mme DeFarge); more important, however, such traits carry a moral resonance (Thomas ...