时光飞逝，岁月如流，不知不觉中《外国文学撷珍》栏目已陪伴您走过三年时光。在这三年里我们一起品读文学经典、感悟人生百味，获益良多。新年伊始，万象更新，我们的栏目也将改版升级，以全新的面貌与广大读者见面，为大家推介更多原版新书好书，让我们在新的一年里继续相聚《外国文学撷珍》这片文学园地，共同濡养精神家园。本期为大家推介的是十九世纪英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》。发生于十八世纪末的法国大革命改变了法国乃至整个世界的面貌，对世界历史产生了深远影响。长篇小说《双城记》正是以这样一个宏大历史事件为背景，将巴黎和伦敦两大历史名城联结起来，讲述了一个发生在动荡年代、充满奉献精神的动人故事。今天让我们一起品读这部经典名作，共同感受革命的激情与人性的光辉。

作品简介

《双城记》是英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯所著的一部以法国大革命为背景所写成的长篇历史小说，首次出版于1859年。故事中将巴黎、伦敦两个大城市连结起来，围绕着马内特医生一家和以德发日夫妇为首的圣安东尼区展开故事。狄更斯以现实主义作家的见地和勇气，揭露批判了大革命爆发前法国贵族的残酷暴虐和荒淫无耻，反映了法国城乡劳动人民困苦艰难的悲惨生活，正确揭示了法国大革命爆发的历史原因，并展示出一对平行的主题——暴力革命与博爱思想。

 

作者简介

查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens，1812-1870），英国杰出批判现实主义小说家，英国的“故事大王”，更被誉为英国文学史上地位仅次于莎士比亚的伟大作家。生于英国朴茨茅斯一个贫苦家庭，十一岁起就开始承担繁重的家务，饱尝人生艰辛。他擅长用底层“小人物”来反映大时代。主要作品有《双城记》《大卫·科波菲尔》《远大前程》《雾都孤儿》等。

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way -- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever...

All these things, and a thousand like them, came to pass in and close upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Environed by them, while the Woodman and the Farmer worked unheeded, those two of the large jaws, and those other two of the plain and the fair faces, trod with stir enough, and carried their divine rights with a high hand. Thus did the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five conduct their Greatnesses, and myriads of small creatures -- the creatures of this chronicle among the rest -- along the roads that lay before them.

 

词汇学习

epoch  n. 时期，时代

authority  n. 权力；威信；权威；学术权威，专家；权威的典籍

insist  vi. （on）坚持要求，坚决主张，坚持

comparison  n. 比较，对比；比喻，比拟

throne  n. 王位，君权

chronicle  n. 编年史，大事记

            v. 把……载入编年史，按事件顺序记载

（单词注释来自有道词典）

 

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拓展阅读

从19世纪40年代的英国小说入手，雷蒙德·威廉斯展开了对英国小说富有洞察力的研究。那个年代是由工业革命、民主改革斗争和城镇发展带来的快速社会变革的年代，它促使当时的小说家探索新的写作形式。狄更斯的天才、勃朗特姐妹的强大创意、乔治·艾略特充满激情的想象力——所有这些都为英国小说赋予了新的力量和人性，通过哈代、威尔斯、亨利·詹姆斯、康拉德、D. H. 劳伦斯等人，雷蒙德·威廉斯将英国小说的重要性引入了20世纪上半叶。

This book is about the aesthetic practices used by Dickens to make the space which we have come to know as the Dickensian City. It concentrates on three very precise techniques for the production of social space. The chapters show the cityscapes and writings which influenced him and the way he transformed them, packaged them and passed them on for future use. The city is shown to be an imagined or virtual world but with a serious aim. This book offers vital understanding of how writing and image work in particular ways to recreate and re-enchant society and the built environment. It will be of interest to scholars of literature, media, film, urban studies, politics and economics.

 

 

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