The aim of this thesis is to examine the concept of time in Dickens¡¦s novels including A Christmas Carol, Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities with the newly discovered concepts of time in physics, geology and social economy. I intend to use them to build possible parallels, which will help to clarify the working of time and its influences imposed upon the characters in Dickens¡¦s novels. The thesis, in a sense, is an experiment of cross-boundary study and, through a close examination of the three books, tends to provide an alternative way to rethink the relationship between time, characters, the world and the author in Dickens¡¦s novels.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0912104-045604 |
| Date | 12 September 2004 |
| Creators | Chen, Po-chou |
| Contributors | Tee Kim Tong, Chao-Fang Chen, Shu-Fang Lai |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0912104-045604 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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