Tess of the d27 Urbervilles【课堂课资】

1、Tess of the d Urbervilles,Thomas Hardy,李国志 10英语3班 61 张淑仪 10英语3班 62,1,精制知识,Contents,2,精制知识,Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) -English poet and novelist of realism.,Son of a village builder in Dorset, southwest of England which used to be a Saxon kingdom names Wessex, a name Hardy used proudly in his writing.

2、Study architecture in London for five years Work as an architect in his native land Begin his literary career as a poet Turn to writing novels At about 60 return to poetry writing,Life:,3,精制知识,Thomas Hardys Home, Dorchester,4,精制知识,Thomas Hardys Home,5,精制知识,Thomas Hardys Statue,6,精制知识,His Major Works

3、,Hardy himself divided his novels into three groups: 1. Novels of Character Naturalism as against the ache of modernism The injustice of existence; Men dominating women,27,精制知识,Main characters,Tess,The oldest daughter from a poor family with a noble origin,Alec,Clare,A young man who hates the old fa

4、mily and likes farming,A rich man from a wealthy family who bought the family name dUrbervilles from Tesss family,28,精制知识,人物三角关系图,亚雷,苔丝,克莱,一个女人和两个男人：苔丝、克莱、亚雷,29,精制知识,Alec do love Tess!,Angel do love Tess, too.,30,精制知识,Back,Who is better suited to Tess ?,31,精制知识,Factors,I. Social factors 1. Poverty 2

5、. Patriarchal Society and Its Double Moral Standards . Environmental factors 1. Tesss ignorant parents 2. Evil and selfish male chauvinists . Tesss personal character,32,精制知识,Poverty,Tess is born in a peddler family in England at the end of 19th century. The laborers and farmers without power or mon

6、ey. The special background decides the inevitability of Tesss tragedy.,Back,33,精制知识,Tesss ignorant parents.,Tesss father is a poor countryside hawker, who has the natural disposition, and he is lazy and has constantly excessive drinking. Tesss mother is a dairymaid and her mind is besotted with supe

7、rstition. Under the pressure of the public voice of the neighborhood in the small village Tess faces, they dont give her comfort.,Back,34,精制知识,Patriarchal Society and Its Double Moral Standards,The Victorian age is a male-dominated world in which the female are often treated as mere objects that hav

8、e no rights to make their own decisions. According to the double standards in sexual matters, a man need not be responsible for the misdeeds while women must pay for it under the same situation.,Back,35,精制知识,Evil and selfish male chauvinists.,Alec does not respect females and only regards females as

9、 his play things. He is so selfish that he always considers satisfying his own evil lust no matter how much misery others would suffer. Clare is fascinated with Tess s beauty and purity but he never treats Tess as equals. On their wedding night, when Angel tells her his past evening of debauchery, T

10、ess forgives him. But when Tess tells her matter, he can not accept it. He destroys Tess spiritually.,Back,36,精制知识,Tesss personal character,Tess has the dual nature of the social character-resistance and compromise. She is a kind girl and she always wants to try her best to support and satisfy her p

11、arents. She thinks that she is a disgraced girl and she has no luck to get the pure love and she doesnt set herself free in spirit. Although she accepts Clares love, she still senses the shame.,Back,37,精制知识,Conclusion,In summary, Thomas Hardy reflects some serious problems in his novel-Tess of the DUrbervilles under the control of the capitalist class. The tragedy of Tess is inevitable under the authority of capitalism. The society enviro