Thomas Hardy

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1、ThomasHardy(1840-1928)bornin1840inDorsetshire,southwestofEngland.“Wessex”Hisfatherwasastonemason.Hewasapprenticedtobeanarchitectinhisboyhood,butlater,inhistwenties,hedevelopedatasteinliterature,language,history,artandphilosophy.Hedevotedmuchofhistimeinfictionandpoetry.HisLifeSixteenlocal-

2、colorednovelsOnJanuary11,1928,thislastimportantnovelistandpoetofthe19thcenturydied.HewasburiedwithimpressiveceremoniesinthePoet’sCornerinWestminsterAbbeybuthisheartwasbroughtbacktohisbirthplace.Victorianindate,before1900.InWessex,thefictionalandcruderuralregionwhichisreallythehomeplaceheb

3、othlovesandhates.Theyareknownforthevividdescriptionofthevicissitudesofpeoplewholiveinanagriculturalenvironmentmenacedbytheforcesofinvadingcapitalism“novelsofcharacterandenvironment”MajorWorksEarlyones:cheerfulandidyllicDesperateRemediesUndertheGreenwoodTreeAPairofBlueEyesFarfromtheMadding

4、CrowdLaterones:onwhichbasedhisnameasatragedianTheReturnoftheNativeTheMayorofCasterbridgeTessoftheD’UrbervillesJudetheObscureAtransitionalwriter,intellectuallyadvancedandemotionallytraditional“survivalofthefittest”man’sfatewaspredeterminedlytragicHeacceptedtheagnosticismandtoseetheworldast

5、heexpressionofamysterious,unconscious“will”uncaringfortheindividualPointsofview5.inhisworks,manisshowndrivenbyacombinedforceof“nature”,bothinsideandoutside,andinevitablyboundbyhisowninherentnatureandhereditarytraitswhichprompthimtogoandsearchforsomespecifichappinessorsuccessandsethimincon

6、flictwiththeenvironment.1.thestory2.themes1)theboldexposureofthehypocriticalmoralityofthebourgeoissociety;2)thebitterdenunciationofthecapitalistinvasionintothecountry;3)thedestructionoftheEnglishpeasantrytowardstheendofthe19thcentury.AbriefAnalysisofTess3.StructureCyclicalpattern,whichcan

7、bedividedintothreeparts,7phases1stpart:prelude“Maiden”“Maidennomore”MaytoAugust2ndpart:“TheRally”“TheConsequence”“TheWomanPays”May----thefollowingwinter3rdpart:“TheConvert”“Fulfillment”ThepatternofillusionandrealityHispoetry