论《德伯家的苔丝》中的自然环境描写.pdfVIP

Abstract In Tess of the d ’Urbervilles(Tess), Thomas Hardy makes a keen and genuine description of the natural background, so the readers can get a better understanding of the natural scenery in this novel. But, what is more important is that landscape description is closely coherent with Tess ’s tragic fate. The author of this paper attempts to make a detailed and systematic study of the landscape description in Tess, one of Hardy’s best-known novels, aiming to analyze its function in correlating the heroine— Tess’s destiny and setting off atmosphere for the novel. Apart from introduction and conclusion, this paper consists of four chapters. Chapter one focuses on the space transfer in Tess. In the novel, there is a continuous space transfer: from Blackmoor Vale, the cradle of innocence; then to Trantridge, the origin of Tess’s misery; to Thalbathays, the paradise of love; to Filntcomb-Ash, the purgatory, and finally to Stonehenge ，the destination of Tess’s journey. The changing of places indicates and parallels the changing of Tess ’s fate at different stages of her short life. Hardy uses setting and atmosphere symbolically in the changing of scenes in the novel. Chapter two concentrates on the landscape in seasonal changes in Tess. The rhythm of the year and its relationship with Tess’s experiences and fate are always consistent in the novel. The innocence of the spring opening, the richness of full summer at Thalbathays and the harshness of the winter landscape at Flintcomb-Ash are all appropriate to Tess’s story and powerful in helping the readers to respond to her situati