Charles Dickens was the greatest critical realists in English literary.Almost all of his novels display his deep concern for the society and great sympathy for the low-class people.A Christmas Carol was written in 1843 when the society was unrest.The author created the gothic atmosphere himself,and put his characters into that situation and combined the gothic writing methods with the critical realism in order that the gothic elements could express a kind of strong convulsion,which could strength his criti cism for the society.At the same time,the Gothicism also helped to deepen his criticism for the society.
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