Английский язык. Часть I. Коныгина Г.И - 16 стр.

2. Dickens’s characters are mostly heroes of battlefields and palaces.
3. Characters of well-known fables and myths are skilfully imitated in Dick-
    ens’s books.
4. In his writings, Dickens is preoccupied with plot structuring and ignores
    character portrayal.
5. Due to Dickens’s talent, imaginary persons exist to the reader as if lifelike.
6. Dickens’s characters hardly produce in the reader highly emotional response.
7. Major and minor characters of Dickens’s books are equally impressive.
8. Dickens depicts exclusively the characters of actual persons.
9. The novelist rarely presents his literary creatures in action and through direct
    speech.
10. Dickens’s fictitious characters are frequently given fanciful proper names.
11. Dickens draws numerous character types personifying human virtues and
    vices.
12. In Dickens’s books, nonhuman entities are often characterized as personages.
13. Dickens is criticized for his sophisticated wit and deep insight into human
    failings.
14. Charles Dickens considers London, the major scene of his novels, worthy of
    detailed graphic descriptions.
15. Dickens’s genius allows him to people the pages of his books with numerous
    striking characters.

Orally summarize the information about the peculiarities of Dickens’s lit-
erary characters.

Use the following plan to reproduce the information about Dickens’s biog-
raphy and writings presented in Part I:
1.   Early years
2.   Journalism
3.   First books
4.   Mature works
5.   Social activities
6.   Public readings
7.   Dickens’s literary achievement and reputation

Write a short paragraph summarizing all the information about Dick-
ens’s life and literary career.

Imagine one of you is Charles Dickens and the rest of the group are
book-club members. Dickens is a celebrity you have invited today to
take part in a literary soiree. According to the programme Mr Dickens
is, first, to speak in short about his books and, second, to answer ques-
tions about his creative work.
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