从德伯家的苔丝简析汤姆斯哈代的宿命论.doc

中 南 大 学 CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 高等教育自学考试英语专业毕业论文 题 目 论汤姆斯哈代的宿命论 题目类别 文 学 类 学生姓名 魏 梦 辉 考 籍 号 071112100127 单位或学校 中南大学继续教育学院 联系电话 14773681132 完成时间 2014年8月  The Function of the Little Boy in The Old Man and The Sea by Liaoting (071112100127) August 2014 The Further Education College of Central South University Acknowledgements First and foremost, I am most grateful to my tutor, Miss Yuan, whose useful suggestions, incisive comments and constructive criticism have contributed greatly to the completion of this thesis. She devotes a considerable portion of her time to reading my manuscripts and making suggestions for further revisions. Her tremendous assistance in developing the framework for analysis and in having gone through the draft versions of this thesis several times as well as her great care in life deserve more thanks than I can find words to express. I am also greatly indebted to all my teachers helped me directly and indirectly in my studies. Any progress that I have made is the result of their profound concern and selfless devotion. Finally, thanks to my friends and classmates who have put considerable time and effort into their comments on the draft, and my parents for their continuous support and encouragement. Contents Abstract i 摘 要 ii Introduction 1 1.1 About the background 1 1.2 About the novel 1 Chapter 1 Purpose of Study 4 Chapter 2 Literature Review 5 2.1 Definition of Fatalism 5 2.2 Critics of Thomas Hardy 6 2.3 Critics of Tess of D’Urbervilles 6 Chapter 3 The Course of Hardy’s Fatalism 8 3.1 The Effect of His Family 8 3.2 The Effect of Social Reform 8 3.3 The Effect of Darwin and Schopenhauer’s thoughts 9 Chapter 4. The Embodiment of Hardy’s Fatalism 11 4.1 The Coincidence of Events 11 4.2The Foreshows of Events 14 4.3 The inevitable