狄更斯晚期的中產(chǎn)階級價值觀——重讀遠(yuǎn)大前程

1、廣西師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文狄更斯晚期的中產(chǎn)階級價值觀——重讀《遠(yuǎn)大前程》姓名：肖文平申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：嚴(yán)幸智20090401vThe Middle Class Values Advocated by Charles Dickens in His Later Years: Great Expectations Reinterpreted Postgraduate: Xiao Wenping Grade: 2

2、006 Major Field of Study: English Language work, industry, thrift into worship of money, so Dickens does not take the English middle class as positively as before. And the main butt of the novel’s criticism becomes

3、the contemporary middle class itself. Also, in this novel, the disillusionment in plots, the melancholy in settings and the disappointment in characters present Dickens’s great disappointment towards the contemporary mid

4、dle class. Meanwhile, for the Victorian middle class members, home is considered as a walled garden, a shelter or refuge from the indifference of a business-orientated world. The position of home is unprecedented high fo

5、r the middle class. In Great Expectations, Dickens gives a vivid picture of “sweet home”, the core moral value of middle class. He highly praises the domestic angel, advocates the separation of private from public life,

6、upholds a complete family, and esteems the true gentleman, which are presented in the 4th chapter. Conclusion puts forward that, as a member of the Victorian middle class and a responsible writer, Dickens highly advocate