The Function Of Handkerchief In Dickens Novels

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a British writer in the19th century.His work include not only profound social critical,but also contain the deep sympathy,Humanistic thought is the thme of his creation.In art he made remarkable achievements,he is worth of the name of the master of critical realist.The scholars of our country on Dickens’s thought research,especially on the humanitarian thought contradiction elaborated has detailed and profound,they have achieved fruitful results.In contrast,the works of Dickens in the form of research is slightly weak,there are some angle are ignored.I found in addition to scholars often comment to the style of humor, multiple structures, symbolism, Dickens is very good at using some noticeable items——for example the handkerchief——replace to expression techniques, then play an important role in the novel.From the domestic research present situation, from the perspective of the works of Dickens handkerchief comment article has not appeared,but in his three novels of "David Copperfield""Oliver Twist""A Tale of the cities" Apparel prop——handkerchief high frequency, And plays important function. Therefore,I intends to take the handkerchief as the cut-in point of the research, statistics of the number of handkerchief appeared in the three works. The way of use handkerchief carding and classify. And then form function explain it in the work content.The whole paper is divided into five parts:Introduction, Introduce the research situation of Dickens since the beginning of the twentieth Century to the present. Early scholars work is mainly introduced and the translation author. After the founding of the PRC, scholars use the social critical approaches on the works of Dickens were studied, with obvious class, angle of single. After the" Cultural Revolution ", research has made great progress. among the work content、form and comparative studies have made substantial progress,but don’t have articles about handkerchiefs as the breakthrough point research. Part one, this part is maily divided into two parts:one is the reality of life in the history of formation and development of handkerchief and its action make the nessary comb; two part is analysis handkerchief in the three novels. Handkerchief in the Victorian era has a unique meaning, it is not only a noble symbol of identity or male and female character symbol cham. Handkerchief can be divided into practical, decorative and connunication media. The utility can be divided into wiping, wrapped and tied, decoration and hide props two class.Part two, elaborated the handkerchief in the role of work content. The author uses the handkerchief color express the moral and religious meaning, handkerchief can often be the figures will be false and ugly characteristics, white handkerchief is the holy symbol of religious redemption. The handkerchief in the thieves’house means worth things. Finally author gave handkerchief to establish grade, high grade, distinguishing and beyond the closer role.Part three, this part explores the handkerchief in the artistic form of action. In terms of structure, talking the first clues to function of handkerchief,then become the protagonsts grow witness, and they turned to the crossroads performed on selected beacon. handkerchief make the individual events into a unified whole. In the figure, the handkerchief in the portrait description, action description, describing the environment all play an important role. The handkerchief further reveals the inner world of the characters, and will speak one way and think another performance, humorous style permeate, shaping the expressive image.Conclusion, handkerchief in Dickens’s three novels play an important role, and have a unique cultural significance and aesthetic value. Finally, this paper points out the deficiency and the future direction.