Great Expectation in David Copperfield- Moral Ideals of Charles Dickens Abstract By way of presenting their personalities through a child’s eyes, Charles Dickens describes his own ideas towards what virtues a person should possess; at the mean time, the characters are the carrier which powerfully embodies Dickens’ humanitarian spirit, which fuses good nature with experiences, beliefs and zeitgeist. The book, David Copperfield, is the quintessence of his moral ideals. Our former researchers, both domestic and oversea, all have touched upon the moral ideals of Charles Dickens, but few have made an in-depth research on this field. Standing on the shoulders of our former giants, in my essay, I will bring forth new categorization and give a multi-dimensional analysis on Charles Dickens’ moral ideals with adequate evidences from both inside and outside the book in two perspectives. The two perspectives are moral ideals embodied in the protagonists and the ones embodied in the supporting roles, which respectively present the virtues that is reflected in children, love relationship and normal people as follows: to be grateful, benevolent, rational, compassionate and sincere. The moral ideals that dissolve out of the contents tell us the innermost thoughts and feelings of those people; it will maintain its fragrance and becomes the moral pursuit of human beings. To have a comprehensive comprehension of David Copperfield, of Charles Dickens, of people in that era, of the development of human beings, and of our true self, and to provide practical materials for further research, there is the need to study this topic.47242
Keywords: Moral ideals; David Copperfield; benevolence; sincerity; rationality
《大卫·科波菲尔》中所寄予的愿景：狄更斯的道德理想研究
摘要在《大卫·科波菲尔》这本书中，查尔斯·狄更斯通过孩童的视角阐释了人性的光辉。这部作品凝结了他的道德理想，是他人道主义精神的载体，将善良本性与自身的经历、信仰和时代精神完美地融合在一起。国内外以往的研究有部分涉及到过狄更斯的道德理想，但在这方面鲜有深度探讨。本文将综合以往研究，通过文内文外实例，从主角和配角两个方面所分别体现的道德理想，多方位给予全新分类及诠释，它们分别是成长过程中的蜕变、理性的婚姻爱情观和文中普通人生活经历中所折射出的闪光点，分别体现了感恩生活，亲切仁慈，理性真诚，以及慈悲博爱等美德。对狄更斯道德理想的探讨能够给予我们对特定人物、当时社会现状、人类发展历程以及“真我”更深刻的理解，对其中所建立的积极道德观给予倡导,并为今后狄更斯的思想探讨提供帮助。
毕业论文关键词：道德理想；大卫·科波菲尔；慈爱；真诚；理性
Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Background Information 1
1.2 Studies on David Copperfield at Home and Abroad 2
1.2.1 Domestic Studies 2
1.2.1.1 Female images in David Copperfield 2
1.2.1.2 Study on the Fairy-tale Patterns 2
1.2.1.3 Humanism in David Copperfield 2
1.2.1.4 Study on the Criticisms of Contemporary Society in David Copperfield 3
1.2.2 Oversea Studies 3
1.2.2.1 The Working of Forgiveness 3
1.2.2.2 An Insight into the Diversity of Mr. Dick’s Roles in David Copperfield 3
1.2.2.3 The Maturity of David Copperfield 《大卫·科波菲尔》狄更斯的道德理想研究:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_49388.html