英文Thomas Hardy ppt

1、 Thomas Hardy 托马斯托马斯哈代哈代Born (1840-06-02)2 June 1840 Stinsford, Dorset, England Died 11 January 1928(1928-01-11) (aged 87) Dorchester, Dorset, England Resting Stinsford parish church (heart)place Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey (ashes) Occupation Novelist, Poet, and Short Story writer Alma mater Kin

2、gs College London Literary movement Naturalism, Victorian literature Notable works Tess of the dUrbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, Collected Poems Jude the Obscure Spouse Emma Lavinia Gifford (18741912) Florence Dugdale (191428) Life Controbution Works18401856186218671867-186818781891191219141

3、928Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (Upper Bockhampton in his day), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (died 1892) worked as a stonemason and local builder. His mother Jemima (died 1904) was well-read, and she

4、educated Thomas until he went to his first school at Bockhampton at age eight.He leaved from school and went apprentice(学徒学徒) to an architect(建筑师建筑师)Hardy trained as an architect in Dorchester before moving to London in 1862; there he enrolled as a student at Kings College London. He won prizes from

5、 the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Association.He returned his hometown because of his health.He started to write pome.Finished The Poor Man and the Lady 穷人与贵妇but did not published还乡还乡 The Return of the Native 1878In 1870, while on an architectural mission to restore th

6、e parish church of St Juliot in Cornwall, Hardy met and fell in love with Emma Lavinia Gifford, whom he married in 1874.Although they later became estranged, her death in 1912 had a traumatic effect on him and after her deathIn 1885 Thomas and his wife moved into Max Gate, a house Hardy had designed

7、 himself and his brother had built.德伯家的苔丝德伯家的苔丝 Tess of the DUrbervilles 1891 His wife dead.Hardy made a trip to Cornwall to revisit places linked with their courtship, and his Poems 191213 reflect upon her death. In 1914, Hardy married his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale, who was 39 years his juni

8、or. However, he remained preoccupied with his first wifes death and tried to overcome his remorse by writing poetry.In 1910, Hardy had been awarded the Order of Merit.Hardy became ill with pleurisy in December 1927 and died at Max Gate just after 9 pm on 11 January 1928 His heart was buried at Stins

9、ford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets CornerThomas Hardys Cottage, Bockhampton, DorsetFlorence Hardy at the seaside 1915Resting place of Thomas Hardys heart, StinsfordHis heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets CornerWestminster Abbey威斯敏斯特教堂威斯敏斯特教堂还乡 The Return of the Native

10、 1878德伯家的苔丝 Tess of the DUrbervilles 1891 远离尘嚣 Far from the Madding Crowd 1874 穷人与贵妇 The Poor Man and the Lady 1867 计出无奈 Desperate Remedies 1871 绿林荫下 Under the Greenwood Tree 1872 一双湛蓝的眼 A Pair of Blue Eyes 1873 卡斯特桥市长 The Mayor of Casterbridge 1886The Poor Man and the Lady was the first novel writt

11、en by Thomas Hardy. It was written in 1867 and never published. After the manuscript had been rejected by at least five publishers, Hardy gave up his attempts to sell the novel in its original form; however, he incorporated some of its scenes and themes into later works, notably in the poem The Poor

12、 Man and the Lady and in the novella An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress (1878).The publication of Desperate Remedies was Hardys breakthrough, and the first of a long string of novels that propelled him to the forefront of Victorian lettersIt was Hardys second published novel, the last to be p

13、rinted without his name, and the first of his great series of Wessex novels.It was Hardys third novel, but the first to bear his name on publication.Thomas Hardys fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it

14、gained a wide readership.It first appeared in the magazine BelgraviaIn the twentieth centuryThe Return of the Native became one of Hardys most popular novels.Egdon Heath, a major location of The Return of the Native.It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge It initially appeared in a censored

15、and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in book form in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth century English novel, Tess of the dUbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual mores o

16、f late Victorian England. Summary of the novelIn order to lead a better life with less effort, Jack Durbeyfield and his wife persuade their daughter Tess to go to a prosperous family. So Tess leaves her family for the DUrbervilles. At there, she meets Alec who makes Tess unhappy and tries to possess

17、 her. Alec at last manages to have her chastity. Tess gives birth to a baby and soon the baby dies in infancy. To escape there Tess goes to work in a farm where she meets Angel Clare, who is working on different farms to get some experience. He falls in love with Tess. However, Tess refuses to him b

18、ecause of her shameful past. She finally agrees to marry Angel. Before the wedding, she writes Angel a note telling everything about her past. Angel couldnt forgive her and leaves her. This time Tess works at another farm where she meets Alec again. Alec pursues her again. Tess writes a letter to An

19、gel, begging him to forgive her. But Angel still couldnt forgive her. Finally Tess goes to Alec. Before long, Angel forgives her. Tess stabs Alec while he is asleep. After spending a few happy days with Angel, she is spotted and hanged. This is the view of the Vale of Frome from the bridge at Lower

20、Bockhampton. In the novel, the twenty year old Tess journeys to the lush Froom ValleyThe Vale of Blackmore, the main setting for Tess. Hambledon Hill towards Stourton TowerYour eyes on me were as eyes that roveOver tedious riddles of years agoAnd some words played between us to and froOn which lost

21、the more of our love你看着我，眼神像要看穿那猜测了多年的沉闷谜语；在彼此的文字游戏中，我们的爱惨遭摧残最后一朵菊花最后一朵菊花 这朵菊花为何留得如此长久，这朵菊花为何留得如此长久， 来显示自己震颤的羽绒？来显示自己震颤的羽绒？ 现在已是知更鸟哀鸣的时刻现在已是知更鸟哀鸣的时刻当花儿已经葬入了坟冢。当花儿已经葬入了坟冢。 在漫长的夏季，束束阳光在漫长的夏季，束束阳光 被邀探访片片叶儿和花瓣，被邀探访片片叶儿和花瓣， 太阳为花朵做完了该做的事太阳为花朵做完了该做的事情，情， 这朵花那时为何没有开放？这朵花那时为何没有开放？ 它一定感到那炽热的召唤，它一定感到那炽热的召唤， 尽管

22、丝毫也没有留心，尽管丝毫也没有留心， 但现在已苏醒，当树叶僵尸但现在已苏醒，当树叶僵尸般掉落，般掉落， 当树液纷纷地隐身。当树液纷纷地隐身。 The Last Chrysanthemum Why should this flower delay so long To show its tremulous plumes? Now is the time of plaintive robin-song, When flowers are in their tombs. Through the slow summer, when the sun Called to each frond and wh

23、orl That all he could for flowers was being done, Why did it not uncurl? It must have felt that fervid call Although it took no heed, Waking but now, when leaves like corpses fall, And saps all retrocede.它的美色来得太晚，孤独的东它的美色来得太晚，孤独的东西，西， 季节的光辉已经耗完，季节的光辉已经耗完， 什么也没有为它留下，它只好什么也没有为它留下，它只好 在狂暴的风雪中震颤。在狂暴的风雪中震颤。 难道它有原因逗留，难道它有原因逗留， 没有头脑地异想天开，没有头脑地异想天开， 对于一朵娇嫩美丽的鲜花，对于一朵娇嫩美丽的鲜花， 酷冬定会抑制自己的残害？酷冬定会抑制自己的残害？ 瞧我说的，仿佛花