Topic Discussion: Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.Discuss Charles Dickens’ art of fiction: the setting, the character–portrayal, the language, etc., based on his novel Oliver Twist.
THE SETTINGS OF HIS STORIES, E.G. LONDON, HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY VIVIDNESS;
CHARACTER-PORTRAYAL IS THE MOST DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF HIS WORKS;
(1)SOME PECULIARITY IN PHYSICAL TRAITS, SPEECH OR MANNER;
(2) HIS BEST-DEPICTED CHARACTERS ARE THOSE INNOCENT, VIRTUOUS, PERSECUTED, HELPLESS CHILD CHARACTERS SUCH AS OLIVER TWIST, LITTLE NELL, DAVID COPPERFIELD AND LITTLE DORRIT. DICKENS WRITES BEST WHEN HE WRITES FROM THE CHILD’S POINT OF VIEW.
(3) HORRIBLE AND GROTESQUE CHARACTERS
IN LANGUAGE: HIS ADEPTNESS WITH THE VERNACULAR AND LARGE VOCABULARY; DICKEN’S WORKS ARE ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY A MINGLING OF HUMOR AND PATHOS.
