How has Fielding indeed achieved his goal of writing “comic epic in prose” in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling?
【正确答案】：THE PANORAMIC VIEW IT PROVIDES OF THE 18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH COUNTRY AND CITY LIFE WITH SCORES OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND A WHOLE GALLERY OF ABOUT 40 CHARACTERS IS SUPERB. THE LANGUAGE IS ONE OF CLARITY AND SUPPLENESS. AND LAST OF ALL, THE PLOT CONSTRUCTION IS EXCELLENT. ITS EIGHTEEN BOOKS OF EPIC FORM ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, 6 BOOKS EACH, CLEARLY MARKED OUT BY THE CHANGE OF SCENES: IN THE COUNTRY, ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN LONDON. BY THIS, FIELDING HAS INDEED ACHIEVED HIS GOAL OF WRITING A “COMIC EPIC IN PROSE”.
【题目解析】：教材122页第三段。《弃儿汤姆?琼斯》是菲尔丁的代表作，小说通过弃儿汤姆?琼斯和乡绅女儿索菲亚?魏斯顿的恋爱故事，描绘了十八世纪中叶英国社会生活的广阔、真实的图画。全书由三部分组成，分别叙述主人公在乡村、逃往伦敦的路上和在伦敦的活动。全书人物多达四十多个，几乎包括社会各个阶层，许多人物刻画生动，具有典型意义。作品结构完整，情节生动，语言机智精练，将菲尔丁创立的“散文体戏剧史诗”发挥到极点。
