Acknowledgments  My writing of this thesis has smoothly come to an end, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following people for their selfless dedication and contribution to my thesis. 22847
First and foremost, I would like to extend my profound gratitude to Associate Prof. Xiaojun Lin, my supervisor, who gave me constant guidance and encouragement during the process of my writing. Mrs.Lin was very busy at her work and family, but she always found time to offer me considerable and constructive advice, practical and valuable suggestions on the improvement of my paper. Under her careful and patient guidance, I began to get a clear idea of the paper and fully framed it out.  Without her help, the completion of the present thesis was impossible.
Besides, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the teachers who have ever taught me throughout my college life, especially Sunny Sun, my Integrated English Course teacher. She treated each of her students as her child and she not only let us know a lot about the western culture, but also taught us how to be a good person with virtues. And I am also very grateful to all the other teachers of the School of Foreign Languages who gave me direct or indirect help during my study in the college.
In addition, I am also grateful to my classmates and roommates for their encouragement, support, comments and wise advice.
Last but not least, I wish to dedicate this paper to my beloved family, who have given my life and love, and have been supporting me for 24 years.
Abstract
Through the recent review of David Copperfield, it can be found that most theses in China are focused on analyzing the translation versions of this novel. In order to make this thesis different from the previous ones and make it more innovative, it will pay attention to the characters’ analysis. This thesis will not only enable people to have a deep understanding of the characters in this book, but also let people know how Dickens’s childhood influences characters in David Copperfield.
Literary creation can in some sense reflect the author’s feelings and the life he has experienced. In addition, it is also an image of author’s heart. This thesis will analyze the major characters in David Copperfield such as David, David’s lovers and images of mother and father. This thesis also studies the author’s unique life experience.
The paper falls into four parts. The first part is a brief introduction of Charles Dickens and his novel David Copperfield. Then the second part summarizes Dickens’s background information, especially his childhood. The third part focuses on the influence of Dickens’s childhood on characters in David Copperfield, which is the main part of this thesis. It is pided into five aspects, including analyses of David, Peggotty, images of father, Dora and Agnes. All of these characters are compared with people around Dickens or his ideal images of mother, father and lover. The last part functions as a conclusion.
Key Words: Dickens, Childhood, David Copperfield, Characteristics
摘要在研究《大卫•科波菲尔》的过程中，我发现，近几年来大多数中国学者专注于研究这部小说的不同译本。为了使这篇论文有别于前人的研究并且更有创新性，论文将侧重小说中的人物分析：通过我的论文，读者将不仅对小说中的人物形象有深刻的了解，还能更充分地认识到狄更斯本人的童年经历是如何影响书中的人物形象的。
文学创作归根结底都要体现作者感受和体验过的人生，而且需有作者心灵世界的映照。本文从狄更斯的童年经历入手，分析了《大卫》中小大卫，大卫的几个恋人，母亲及父亲意象，也探究了作家独特的生命体验和生活阅历。
本文分为四个部分，第一部分对狄更斯和他的小说《大卫•科波菲尔》进行了一个介绍。第二部分侧重于狄更斯的生活背景，尤其是他的童年经历。第三部分是整篇论文的主体部分。进一步分析了狄更斯的童年经历对《大卫•科波菲尔》中人物形象的影响。这一部分分为五个方面，分别是对大卫、坡勾提、父亲意象、朵拉和艾格尼丝的分析，所有这些人物形象都可以在狄更斯的真实生活中找到对应的影子，或者说是他理想的父母、爱人的形象。最后一部分则是总结。 从狄更斯的童年经历分析《大卫•科波菲尔》中的人物形象:http://www.751com.cn/wenxian/lunwen_15658.html