An Ecocritical Reading of Tess of the d’ Urbervilles

Tess of the d’Urbervilles,Tomas Hardy’s masterpiece,was published in 1891,marking a turning point in Hardy’s literary life.This essay attempts to analyze Tess of the d’Urbervilles in the light of Ecocriticism and seeks to throw a new light on this novel.Through a close study of the relationship between Tess and nature,the essay interprets the process of Tess’s tragedy as the inharmonious relationship between nature and the modern civilization which is represented by Alec and Angel.In this way,this thesis tries to provide a fresh perspective that may enable us to realize the importance of environmental protection and have a better understanding of this novel.     

An Analysis of Tess’ s Tragedy in Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy is an outstanding novelist in the nineteenth century.He has produced numerous works including novels and poetry.His tragic novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles has a great impact on the world literature.The paper is focused on the exploration of Tess’s tragedy through her life experiences.Tess’s tragedy can be illustrated by three factors—her family aspects,love experiences and her social images,which also contribute collectively to poor Tess’s destiny.The social background of the period provides a basis for the novel,and the deformed social values and morality is the root of her tragedy,together with her personal temperament and the Christian religious influences.Christian mores of self-sacrifice,wide love and purity have a great effect on characters in the novel.In the fourth part,there is some enlightenment from Tess’s tragedy.It is believed that women play a crucial role in society.Tess is a woman with good qualities and her experiences give a warning to women today:the proper treatment of one’s behaviors and the social rules is critical.     

Analysis of Tess’ s Tragedy

Tess of the D’Urbervilles(1891),the masterpiece of Thomas Hardy,tells the tragical life story of a beautiful country girl.Although the heroine,Tess,was intelligent,beautiful,industrious and kind-hearted,she was finally hanged as the only victim of the story.The root of her tragedy was caused by the bourgeoisie society.Firstly her tragedy comes from the society:the inequali ty of the law,the false of the religion and the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie society.Secondly,Tess’s tragedy is produced by her own characters.In addition,the tragedy of Tess is inevitable.Thus,Tess’s tragedy was produced by both the society and her own character,which is closely related to the bourgeoisie society.     

Modernistic Themes in Tess of D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy’s works are considered to have"contained new wine in an old bottle"by critics and reviewers. The"old bottle"refers to his authorial omniscient narrative and his form inheriting from the tradition, which is often criticized, especially by those modernists, while"new wine"designates his other sides apart from his old-fashioned writing style, the modernistic themes in his writing. Tess, is a novel that records the transition from conventional to modern. By reading the text and analyzing Tess of the D’Urbervilles under the social context three main modernistic themes can be probed out:Firstly, the spiritual isolation and loneliness in the novel are apparent, and the lack in mutual understanding and sympathy between each other is universal. Besides, the title heroine, she was impossible to fulfill her dreams with various hostile powers set against her, coercing into predicaments one after another, tougher and tougher. Furthermore, another theme popular with later modernists, the alienation, is also embodied in the novel.     

An analysis of the Origins of Tess’Tragedy

The thesis analyzes the origins of Tess’tragedy both from external and internal factors, with a view to point out that her tragic fate is inevitable. Being related with the author’pessimistic fatalism,...     

Tess’ s Losing of Virginity in Kant’s Eyes

Tess is a pure girl in Hardy’s eyes, as it shows in the book’s subtitle. She is sinned in Victorian’s time, however, she is still pure in Kant’s eyes.Key words: Tesss purity; Kant     

An Inevitable Tragedy—On Tess' s Fate in Tess of the D'Urbervilles

In the novel Tess of the D’urbervilles,Tess is successfully depicted.She is portrayed as a brave girl,hard-working,beautiful and innocent.Alec represents a brutal and destructive force,which triggers Tess’s tragedy.Angle’s inveterate old-fashioned prejudices made him relentlessly abandon Tess.Yet what Hardy tries to show is that the disintegration of rural economy in England brought about by the intrusion of capitalist relations as well as the hypocritical morality of the time are the obvious causes of Tess’s tragedy.Meanwhile,Hardy also attacks the injustice of the law.In the novel,he believes a woman is helpless in the hands of fate and Tess is trapped in the web of fate.Her tragedy is fated and inevitable.     

An Analysis of Tess the Tragic

Thomas Hardy,one of the representatives of English critical realism in the 19th century,describes a tragic story about Tess,a beautiful and kind girl.Tess’ s tragic life is caused by Alec,Angel and even herself.But all these are connected with the social environment of that day.Tess’ s tragedy is a tragedy of the whole society in fact.An analysis of the causes of Tess’ s tragic life will provide some enlightenment in accurately understanding the socialist society.     

从归化与异化视角管[竹规]张谷若译作《苔丝》

翻译理论对译者的翻译实践有着重要的指导作用。归化与异化的关系始终是翻译界争论的焦点之一。论文以张谷若《苔丝》译本为例,研究了归化与异化两种理论在翻译中的具体运用,倡导归化与异化相结合的翻译策略。     

《德伯家的苔丝》中的宿命主义和对比手法的运用

托马斯·哈代是19世纪末英国伟大的现实主义小说家,在他的一部“性格和环境小说”《德伯家的苔丝》中,他运用宿命主义和对比的手法揭示了女主人公苔丝的悲惨命运,揭露了资本主义毁灭农民的罪恶,抨击了资本主义的价值观念。     

解读《德伯家的苔丝》中的颜色

托马斯·哈代善于用丰富的色彩词语描绘自然,刻画人物并使之与故事情节有机结合,显示出其独特的艺术风格和技巧。拟就其代表作《德伯家的苔丝》用色彩刻画女主人公形象进行探讨。     

是谁造成了她的悲剧——从接受美学批评评析哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》

文章运用接受美学批评方法,对英国小说家哈代的小说《德伯家的苔丝》进行评析,阐释小说中的女主人公苔丝美丽而又年轻的生命终结的原因,文章认为苔丝生命的断送和她自身的原因有着非常密切的联系,她自身的原因是造成她命运悲剧的很重要的原因,具体来说有三种原因：一、受教育程度低,缺乏法律意识;二、痴情,痴迷、深爱安吉尔;三、自身的软弱,缺乏坚定性。     

试比较分析《德伯家的苔丝》和《无名的裘德》

《德伯家的苔丝》和《无名的裘德》是哈代小说创作中占有非常重要地位的两部小说,这两部小说在主题和人物布局上都有着相似和对应之处,但也有着许多明显的不同。本篇文章试着从内容、主题等多方面分析和比较两这部小说,以便使读者更好地理解和欣赏着两部小说。     

略论《德伯家的苔丝》中阿历克的悲剧

《德伯家的苔丝》是托马斯·哈代的巅峰之作,文章从一个全新的角度重新审视了阿历克的人物形象,就“恋爱”——人类这一重要人生体验和个体情感的话题来说,可以发掘出阿历克自身确有的闪光点。纵观阿历克对苔丝的追求,特别是从他悔悟之后,对苔丝的感情可以说是异乎强烈而真诚的。他从自己对生活的理解出发,不失时机地用金钱收服苔丝,他自认为待苔丝很不错,也许苔丝早晚有一天会对他心生情意的。但他忽略了苔丝的人生和情感,他不明白强迫苔丝做的一切都是她最痛恨的,早晚有一天会导致精神危机的爆发。虽然在悔悟之后,阿历克是真心追求苔丝的,但他们的精神世界完全是隔绝的,无法沟通的。阿历克无法理解苔丝,更无法理解自己的死。这个结局,对阿历克来说,是一场悲剧。     

主动的反抗者——以女性主义批评解读哈代的《德伯家的苔丝》

英国伟大作家托马斯.哈代的不朽之作《德伯家的苔丝》,打破了英国文学主流文学传统将男性作为创作主题、把女性作为文学中附庸的角色模式。从女性主义观点分析该小说的主人公苔丝,发现其远不是一个消极被动的受害者,而是一个有着崇高人格、独立自主、富有反抗精神的女性。苔丝的形象具有超越其时代的深远意义。     

《苔丝》中的进化向善论思想--从《苔丝》的结尾谈起

哈代的代表作之一《德伯家的苔丝》最终结局是安玑和苔丝的妹妹结婚了,这种结尾在悲剧中是很少有的。这种独特的结局体现了作者的进化向善论思想。     

哈代小说《苔丝》和《卡斯特桥市长》中的象征艺术

托马斯.哈代在《苔丝》和《卡斯特桥市长》的创作中,大量运用象征手法,渲染了小说的悲剧气氛,深刻地刻画了人物的性格特征和内心世界,烘托出命运的主题,强烈地抨击了资本主义社会的虚伪。文中探讨了这两部小说象征艺术的三个方面:地名象征、环境象征和动物象征。     

现代人的创痛——《苔丝》与《嘉莉妹妹》主题之比较

从传统道德、冷酷的现实社会和爱情与金钱冲突三个方面对哈代的《苔丝》和德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》的主题作比较,能更好地理解这两部作品及两位作家的哲学思想。