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Charles Dickens
LIFE
He was born on February 7th 1812 in Land port
In 1822 he moved to Camden Town, London
In 1824 he was imprisoned with his family because his dad’s salary was not enough -> Dickens had to start working in a factory to gain a few money and to ho help his family = TRAUMATIC EPISODE of his life that made him a SUPPORTER of POOR PEOPLE
He began to work as a parliamentary reporter
In 1834 he began writing articles about life in London and then he became a successful writer -> he wrote 15 novels, published in weekly and monthly episodes
He was a supporter of social reforms (because he was aware of social corruption) and he wanted to DENOUNCE the condition of the EXPLOITED CHILDREN in FACTORIES and SLUMS
He loved theatre: since he put a lot of energy in this activity, his health started to deteriorate
He died on June 9th 1870 in London
PLOT
His plots are influenced by the Bible, fairy tales and fables, nursery rhymes, by the 18th century novelists and the Gothic novels.
His plots are WELL PLANNED.
LONDON was the MAIN SETTING in most of his novels.
CHARACTERS
Dickens created CARICATURES by exaggerating and ridiculing the characteristics of middle, lower and lowest classes. AT FIRST, he created middle class characters; LATER, when he was aware of the social corruption due to Industrialism, he became critical of society. In his MATURE WORKS, his goal was to DENOUNCE THE PUBLIC ABUSES and the WRONGS to the people with DESCRIPTIONS of LONDON. He was always on the side of the poor.
DIDACTIC AIM
CHILDREN are often the most important characters of Dickens’ novels. He tries to reverse the natural order of things by making children the moral teachers. So, he wants to put the children forward as MODELS, because they should teach everyone how to behave in life. Dickens’ goal was not to create revolutions, but to alleviate/stop sufferings.
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1849-1850)
It’s David’s narration of the
LIFE
He was born on February 7th 1812 in Land port
In 1822 he moved to Camden Town, London
In 1824 he was imprisoned with his family because his dad’s salary was not enough -> Dickens had to start working in a factory to gain a few money and to ho help his family = TRAUMATIC EPISODE of his life that made him a SUPPORTER of POOR PEOPLE
He began to work as a parliamentary reporter
In 1834 he began writing articles about life in London and then he became a successful writer -> he wrote 15 novels, published in weekly and monthly episodes
He was a supporter of social reforms (because he was aware of social corruption) and he wanted to DENOUNCE the condition of the EXPLOITED CHILDREN in FACTORIES and SLUMS
He loved theatre: since he put a lot of energy in this activity, his health started to deteriorate
He died on June 9th 1870 in London
PLOT
His plots are influenced by the Bible, fairy tales and fables, nursery rhymes, by the 18th century novelists and the Gothic novels.
His plots are WELL PLANNED.
LONDON was the MAIN SETTING in most of his novels.
CHARACTERS
Dickens created CARICATURES by exaggerating and ridiculing the characteristics of middle, lower and lowest classes. AT FIRST, he created middle class characters; LATER, when he was aware of the social corruption due to Industrialism, he became critical of society. In his MATURE WORKS, his goal was to DENOUNCE THE PUBLIC ABUSES and the WRONGS to the people with DESCRIPTIONS of LONDON. He was always on the side of the poor.
DIDACTIC AIM
CHILDREN are often the most important characters of Dickens’ novels. He tries to reverse the natural order of things by making children the moral teachers. So, he wants to put the children forward as MODELS, because they should teach everyone how to behave in life. Dickens’ goal was not to create revolutions, but to alleviate/stop sufferings.
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1849-1850)
It’s David’s narration of the