摘要：反犹主义一直是跨文化研究领域的重要课题之一。在《雾都孤儿》一书中，作者狄更斯揭露、批判了资本主义社会的种种犯罪现象。然而，作者在叙述过程中，并未客观真实地进行叙述，而是认为犹太人生来就具有某种恶魔般的品质，因此并不把犹太人作为文明社会现实生活中的一员，这样的偏见引人深思。本文将分析狄更斯在《雾都孤儿》中对犹太人费金的刻画、发现狄更斯在作品中表现出来的反犹主义倾向，并探索造成这一倾向的成因。研究发现，狄更斯在《雾都孤儿》中，把迫害儿童和破坏社会道德的角色安排在一位犹太人身上并非偶然，而是继承了欧洲历史上对犹太人的种族偏见。希望本文能为反犹主义的研究提供些许启发。

关键词： 《雾都孤儿》；狄更斯；反犹主义；成因

TABLE OF CONTENTS

摘要

ABSTRACT

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Literature review-1

1.2 Structure of the thesis-2

Chapter Two Anti-Semitism and Oliver Twist-4

2.1 Definition of anti-Semitism-4

2.2 The story of Oliver Twist-5

Chapter Three Anti-Semitism in Oliver Twist-7

3.1 The Jewish image under Dickens’ pen-7

3.1.1 Jews as criminals-7

3.1.2 Jews disgusted by different people-9

3.1.3 Jews as devils-10

3.2 Comparative analysis of characters in Oliver Twist-11

3.2.1 The comparison between Fagin and Bill Sikes-11

3.2.2 The comparison between Fagin and Brownie-12

Chapter Four Causes of Dickens’ tendency of anti-Semitism -14

4.1 External factors of anti-Semitism in Victorian Age-14

4.1.1 Racism and social Darwinism-14

4.1.2 Industry and political system-16

4.2 Internal factors of anti-Semitism in Victorian Age-18

4.2.1 Dickens’ stereotypical thinking of Jews-18

4.2.2 Dickens’ autognosis and self classification-18

Chapter Five Conclusion-20

REFERENCES-22

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-24