Thomas Hardy托马斯哈代.ppt

Occupation Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, short writer and poet. He was a Victorian poet. He used his writings to elaborate（详细阐述 ) his own pessimistic view of life. His poetry marks the transition from the Victorian Age to the modernist movement of the 20th century. Background Information The Victorian Period(1836—1901) Writers in this period all concerned about the fate of the common people Pushed the limit on what was considered socially acceptable among the society The Romanticism gradually changed into Realism. A Brief Overview Thomas Hardy became known as a prominent novelist and poet in British and American literature. He published 8 volumes(卷) of poetry, one being published posthumously（…于死后 ）. Hardy’s poetry is commonly referred to as pessimistic and was not received well during his lifetime. One of the most common elements seen throughout Hardy’s poetry is his use of autobiographical information within the poems. His works The Poor Man and the Lady (first novel) Desperate Remedies(1871,his first published work) Rustic works(描写英国农村的恬静景象和明朗的田园生活 ) Under the Greenwood Tree (1872, the first novel of country life) 《绿荫下》 A Pair of Blue Eyes 《一双湛蓝的眼睛》 (1873, a romantic tragedy) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874, his first masterpiece) 《远离尘嚣》 ? The Hand of Etbelberta(1875-1876, a “society” novel) The turning point The Return of the Native （1878,《还乡》的出版确立了哈代作为重要作家的地位，也标志着作者开始转向悲剧题材 ） The Mayor of Casterbridge（1886） 《卡斯特桥市长》展示了一场性格悲剧 Short Stories Wessex Tales(1888) A Group of Noble Dames(1891) Life’s Little Ironies(1894) His Major Works Hardy finished his two profound and famous novels: Tess of the D’Urbervilles（1891） 《德伯家的苔丝》 Jude the Obscure （1896） 《无名的裘德》 Poetry: The Dynasts (1904-1908) 《列王》是以拿破仑战争为题材的三卷本诗剧，除此之外还有近千首短小的抒情诗。 His Major Works Hardy’s two novels, Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895) are his last long fiction works. The last novels challenged the sensibilities of Victorian readers with situations that ruffl