摘　要: 是19 世纪英国批判现实主义作家萨克雷的代表作,这部伟大的作品具有鲜明的艺术特色。以幽默、讽刺、旁白等叙事手法陈述故事,通过愉快活泼的对话刻划人物,采用现实主义表现手法揭露当时英国上流社会尔虞我诈的种种丑态,使作品产生了独特的艺术魅力,从而奠定了萨克雷在英国文学史上的重要地位。
关键词:《名利场》;现实主义;幽默;讽刺;旁白

Abstract :Vanity Fair written by William Makepeace Thackeray is generally recognized as his masterpiece,through which he established his important position in the history of English literature. Inthenovel , Thakeray profoundly exposes the social evils and reality of the times through realism and satire. This paper tries to make some explorations of the novelps elements of realism and satire that contribute much to its great success.
Key words :Vanity Fair ;realism;satire ;humor ;narration

Thackeray said :the aim of the tragedy and poetry is to invoke various feelingsmuch emphasis on“nature and truth”.Its writing style is so masculine , felicitous , humorous and pleasant that unless to very obtuse perceptions , one Fair is written down.sees not how it can fail of being attractive. Particularly its artistic features are more unique compared with those of  other contemporary European writers.“the art of the novel is to express nature , to convey truth ———[1] Actions and languages of the characters are of heroic characteristic. Thusheputs Under the guide of this principle,hismasterpiece Vanity

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In my eyes , the first artistic feature of Vanity Fair is its realism. It is prominently manifested in terms of characterization.
The triumph of Thackeraypsartofcharacterizationishisrealism. Hispersonagesarerealistic.Manyofthemare drawn from persons actually known to him. Thus it is said that Amelia Sedley is drawn after his own wife ,and Sydney Morgan suggested as the origin for Rebecca (Becky) Sharp[2] . His characters are neither God nor Devil ,