基于多维视角的《雾都孤儿》哥特式城市形象塑造探讨

Analysis on the Gothic City Image in Oliver Twist from the Multidimensional Perspective

《雾都孤儿》是英国伟大批判现实主义作家狄更斯的代表作之一。在叙述跌宕起伏、引人入胜的故事情节的同时,狄更斯以多维视角的哥特式手法生动地刻画了伦敦这一工业革命崛起时期的大都市形象,为读者展示了一个光怪陆离、五光十色的维多利亚时期的伦敦,使城市形象不仅仅是衬托小说剧情发展的幕布,更是成为小说不可分割的一部分,从而赋予了作品强大的生命力。

Oliver Twist is a masterpiece of the great British critical realist writer Charles Dickens.It has fascinating narration for the plot.Meanwhile,Dickens vividly portrays the image of metropolitan city of London during the rise of the Industrial Revolution in a Gothic way from the multi-dimensional perspective,thus showing readers a bizarre,colorful London in Victorian Era.Therefore,the city image not only works as a background of the story but also becomes an integral part of the novel,endowing the work with strong vitality.