Abstract:Charles ·Dickens is one of the greatest novelists of 19th century in Britain, who is called as the “the founder and the great representative of British critical realism”. Oliver Twist is the second famous saga novel of Charles ·Dickens. So Oliver Twist is thought to be a realistic novel to reflect the society for it describes the darkness and rough scuff of British society, and exposures the real nature of capitalism. There is no doubt of these. However, there is also romanticism involved in this novel according to Charles ·Dickens’s life background, language style and plots of this novel. This paper not only focuses on realism reflected in Oliver Twist, but also tries to find out how romanticism presented in this book, moreover, this paper pays attention to how the author combines realism and romanticism together in this novel.
Key Words: Oliver Twist; Charles ·Dickens; romanticism; realism; combination
摘要:查尔斯·狄更斯是英国十九世纪最伟大的小说家之一。他还被誉为“英国文学上批判现实主义的创始人和最伟大的代表”。《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第二部著名长篇小说。也因为小说对当时英国社会的种种黑暗和下层人民生活的疾苦的描写和对资本主义的虎狼本质的揭露，人们将《雾都孤儿》定义为反映社会现实的现实主义小说。这当然是无可争议的。但从狄更斯的生活背景、语言风格、作品情节看来，《雾都孤儿》所包含的不仅仅是现实主义，还带有浪漫主义的色彩。本论文不但讲述《雾都孤儿》一书中所体现的现实主义，而且还尝试找出本书所体现的浪漫主义，与在本书中作者是如何现实主义与浪漫主义是如何结合在一起。
关键词：《雾都孤儿》;查尔斯·狄更斯; 浪漫主义; 现实主义; 结合
