托马斯·哈代诗歌中反基督教思想-英语语言文学专业论文.docx

A b str a c tT he p urp o se o f th e present thesis is to exp lore T h om as H ardy s (1840-192 8) anti-C hristian ity in h is po etry. H ardy expresses h is religio us thought in h is w hole p oetry creation , and h is opp o sition to C h ristian ity is clearly show ed . H e sh ow s his anti-C h ristian ity in his different kin ds ofp o e m s .T h is th esis m ain ly co n sists of an intro duction ,three chapters an d a con clu sion .T h e introductory p art inclu des a brief introduction o f H ardy s eight p oetry co llection s, a literature rev iew of p ertin ent stu d ies in th e W est and C h in a, th e sign ifican ce, app roach an d stru ctu re of th is thesis. T he body p art proves h is an ti-C h ristian ity from three asp ects 一 h is opp o sition to three C hristian dogm as.C h apter O n e an aly zes H ardy s p o etry ab out G od, in w h ich H ardy search es for C hristian G o d . H ardy w rites m any p oem s ab out C hristian G od ,b ut G o d in h is p o em s is m uch d ifferen t from th e trad ition al G o d . In G od s F uneral, he d enies the p ersonal G od w ho is om n ip otent, tran scendent and b enev olent.H e exp o sits th at it is m an w h o creates G o d , n ot G o d w h o creates m an , an d th en h e h o ld s a fu n eral fo r G o d . M o reo v er, in N atu res Q u estion in g an d T o O uter N atu re, h e ob serv es th ateverything in n ature ex ists and dev elop s accord ing to the law o f ev olutio n ,and G od s C reation is on ly a falseh ood .C h apter Tw o d iscu sses H ardy s attitu de tow ard s death in h is p oetry ab out d eath . H e rep eated ly expo ses th e im p o ssib ility of resurrection of the dead claim ed by C h ristianity. In T ran sform ation , the dead m en do not resurrect and g o to h eaven but liv e as an oth er form . H e do es not pursu e the im m ortal so ul but th ink s that so ul surv iv es death is on ly m an s hope an d dream in I L ook into M y G lass, and death is th e u ltim ate