Tess-of-the-d’Urbervilles--介绍.ppt

1、张帆29何丽萍31罗玉32元婷33徐娟48,托马斯哈代及其生平著作,Thomas Hardy(1840-1928),English poet and novelist,famous for his depictions of the imaginary country“Wessex”.Hardys works reflected his stoical pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.,Contents,Brief Introduction Major Works,Born:2 June 1840Died:11 January 1928

2、 Occupation:architect writer(Naturalist,Novelist,Poet,and Short Story writer)a famous critical realistic writerthe last important novelist of the Victorian age,Brief Introduction,At the age of 16,he became apprenticed to a local architect,but he gave up architecture in 1874.Because of marriage,he be

3、gan to write poems and novels,which idealized the rural life.Tess(1891)and Jude(1896)shocked British pruderies and Hardy was terribly abused for being“filthy”.in 1896 Hardy announced that Jude was his last novel,and turned with relief to the writing of poetry.Hardys final years were full of honors.H

4、e died in 1928.,Hardys First Wife,Emma Gifford a woman of high social status.She had a very interestingpersonality and was always remember by visitors to the Hardy household.She died in 1912.,Thomas and Emma Hardy resided at Max Gate from 1884 onward.,Desighed by Hardy himself,Second wifeHardys nurs

5、e,companion and fan.,In 1914,Hardy married his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale,who was 39 years his junior.Due to Florences care,Hardy could remain healthy and continue his writing career.,Because most of Hardys novels take place in the partly-real,partly-dream county of Wessex,so his novels were c

6、alled Wessex Novel(威塞克斯小说）.,1)Novels of Character&Environment2)Novels of Romances&Fantasies3)Novels of Ingenuity,Hardy himself divided his novels into three groups:,1.Novels of Character and Environment（性格与环境小说）,The Poor Man and the Lady(1867,unpublished and lost)穷汉与贵妇人 Under the Greenwood Tree(1872

7、)绿树荫下 Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)远离尘嚣The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886)卡斯特桥市长 Tess of the dUrbervilles(1891)德伯家的苔丝 Jude the Obscure(1895)无名的裘德,2.Romances and Fantasies（传奇与幻想小说）,A Pair of Blue Eyes(1873)一双蓝眼睛 Two on a Tower(1882)塔里的两个人 The Well-Beloved(1897)(first published as a serial from 1892)心爱

8、的人 mainly talk about romantic love stories.,3.Novels of Ingenuity（机巧和实验小说）,Desperate Remedies(1871)铤而走险The Hand of Ethelberta(1876)埃塞尔伯塔的婚姻A Laodicean(1881)冷漠的人,Major works,Under the Greenwood Tree,Far from the Madding Crowd(1874),The Return of the Native(1878),Wessex Tales(1888),The Woodlanders(188

9、7),The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886),A Laodicean,A Pair of Blue Eyes,The Well-Beloved,Desperate Remedies,Jude the Obscure,Two on a Tower,The Hand of Ethelberta,Hardys two novels,Tess of the dUrbervilles(1891)and Jude the Obscure(1895)are his last long fiction works.The last novels challenged the sensi

10、bilities of Victorian readers with situations that ruffled many a Victorian feather:immoral sex,murder,illegitimate children,and the unmarried living together.Heated debate and criticism over these two books helped Hardy decide that he would rather write poetry.In fact,so stung was he by the critici

11、sm of his works that Hardy did not write another novel.,Tess of The DUrbervilles,Tess of The Durbervilles came into conflict with Victorian morality.In this novel,Hardy reaches the height of his achievement as a novelist.Like most other Hardy novels,rural life is a prominent issue in the story.And t

12、he issue of fate versus freedom of action is another important aspect of this novel.It tells of that a village girl called Tess who was a beautiful,pure,plain,honest,assiduous and clever went through a miserable life.She was born in a poor family and lived in a peculiar society.The son of the Durber

13、villes Alec raped her and she was pregnant.She fell in love with Angel Clare before long.,Clare loved her very much and longed to marry her but she delayed to answer this offer of marriage just because she did not know how to tell the truth of being raped.Despite this,at last this kindhearted and si

14、ncere girl decided to tell him this bad thing.However,when Tess told him the truth that she was raped by a knave Alec,he could not forgive her for having another mans child even though she forgave him everything.Angel Clare became very angry and abandons Tess.One day she found Alec became a minister

15、.After her fathers death unexpectedly,Tess had the burden of the family welfare on her shoulders,and they were shortly thereafter evicted from their cottage.She believes deep down that Angel had abandoned her,and Alec said it as well,and Tess knew her family would do well by Alecs wealth and propert

16、y.But to her surprised,Angel returns from Brazil,repenting his harshness,but found her living with Alec.,Tess kills Alec in desperation,she was arrested and hanged.She makes him promise to marry her sister,Liza Lu,after her death,which he agrees to do.In Tess of the dUrbervilles,Thomas Hardy has directly satirized nature.This novel revealed the tragedy of common peoples destiny and flayed hypocritical gentlemen and morals.In this novel,Hardy demonstrated his deep sense of moral sympathy for Engl