Chapters 15-16 英国文学简史ppt(English Literature）教学文稿.pptVIP

* * Key Points in Chapter 15 Thomas Hardy Introduction Tess of the D’Urbervilles Jude the Obscure George Gissing George Moore Oscar Wilde Robert Louis Stevenson Thomas Hardy(1840-1928) Introduction I He was a son of a builder and became a builder himself and one of the three most preeminent Victorian writers. In Hardy’s time science and industrialization went hand in hand and in full swing, the nation was heading to the phase of aggressive and barbaric capitalism, and millions of people found themselves struggling for mere existence. The mood of frustration, despair, and pessimism hanged over the nation, and the age of Emile Zola’s naturalism had arrived. Thomas Hardy Introduction II Hardy is a prolific writer. His six “Wessex novels” include Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of D’Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. They are all tragedies of a kind. His famous verse works include Poems of Past and Present, and the epic drama The Dynasts. Thomas Hardy Introduction III Hardy’s stories are always moving and bewitching. They touch hearts not so much by plots as through the pathos of the emotional tangle. Hardy places emphasis on the deeper psychology of his characters. This is a feat that indicates Hardy’s empathy with the modern spirit. Hardy’s language possesses a silent power and charm. His prose is studded with rhetorical devices, poetic imagery, and metaphors, and is richly connotative. Thomas Hardy Tess of the D’Urbervilles It is the most pastoral of Hardy’s novels. Major characters: Tess, Alec D’Urbervilles, Angel Claire The turn of events and the moment of catharsis prove that the novel is a classic Aristotlean tragedy. The king of the world of the novel is “the President of Immortals,” or maybe variously called “fate,” “destiny,” or “chance.” it represents the forces beyond human control but controlling the lives of the humans. Key Points in Chapter 16 Victorian poetry Alfred