德伯家的苔丝作者生平人物关系个性背景情节概要

德伯家的苔丝作者生平人物关系个性背景情节概要第1页/共22页AuthorandworksMajorCharacterOutlineTessinMyEyes2第2页/共22页ThomasHardy

(1840—1928)TheBritishfamouswriterThomasHardywasoneoftheexcellentnovelistsoftheVictorianage.Heisafamouscriticalrealisticwriter.Hedelineated(勾画，描述）alotofcharactersoftragedies,showingvariouspersons’enchantment.（魅力）第3页/共22页Hardy’sFirstWifeEmmaGifford

awomanofhighsocialstatus.ShehadaveryinterestingpersonalityandwasalwaysrememberbyvisitorstotheHardyhousehold.Shediedin1912.ThomasandEmmaHardyresidedatMaxGatefrom1884onward.DesighedbyHardyhimself第4页/共22页Secondwife—Hardy’snurse,companionandfan.In1914,HardymarriedhissecretaryFlorenceEmilyDugdale,whowas39yearshisjunior.

DuetoFlorence’scare,Hardycouldremainhealthyandcontinuehiswritingcareer.第5页/共22页BecausemostofHardy’snovelstakeplaceinthe"partly-real,partly-dream"countyofWessex,sohisnovelswerecalled

WessexNovel(威塞克斯小说）.第6页/共22页1)NovelsofCharacter&Environment2)NovelsofRomances&Fantasies3)NovelsofIngenuity

Hardyhimselfdividedhisnovelsintothreegroups:第7页/共22页1.NovelsofCharacterandEnvironment

（性格与环境小说）ThePoorManandtheLady(1867,unpublishedandlost)《穷汉与贵妇人》

UndertheGreenwoodTree(1872)

《绿树荫下

》FarfromtheMaddingCrowd(1874)《远离尘嚣》TheMayorofCasterbridge(1886)《卡斯特桥市长》

Tessofthed'Urbervilles(1891)《德伯家的苔丝》

JudetheObscure(1895)《无名的裘德》

第8页/共22页2.RomancesandFantasies

（传奇与幻想小说）APairofBlueEyes(1873)《一双蓝眼睛》

TwoonaTower(1882)《塔里的两个人》

TheWell-Beloved(1897)(firstpublishedasaserialfrom1892)《心爱的人》

mainlytalkaboutromanticlovestories.第9页/共22页3.NovelsofIngenuity

（机巧和实验小说）DesperateRemedies(1871)《铤而走险》TheHandofEthelberta(1876)

《埃塞尔伯塔的婚姻》ALaodicean(1881)

《冷漠的人》第10页/共22页

ThomasHardy’sTessoftheD’urbervillesreflectedhisrealsociety.Hardysucceededinportraying(描绘）theimageofheroineTessandrevealingthehypocritical（伪善的、虚伪）ethicsandmoralsofbourgeois（资产阶级）society.第11页/共22页MajorcharactersAngelAlecTess第12页/共22页MajorcharactersTessDurbeyfield—Theprotagonist,eldestdaughter（长女）inapoorrural(农村）workingfamily.Tessisagood,beautifulandstrongcountrygirl.Therurallife（乡村生活）createdagood-naturedofthenoblesoul.Sheshouldhaveabrightfutureandthefuturewell-being.However,duetovariousreasons,torecognizeherownintheprocess,thehumiliation（蒙羞）ofbeingraped.（强暴）Herlifehasalsochangedthedirection第13页/共22页MajorcharactersAngelClare—Thesonofaclergyman;Tess'shusbandandtruelove.Heconsidershimselfasfreethinker,buthisnotionsofmoralityturnouttobefairlyconventional.HerejectsTessontheirweddingnightwhensheconfessesthatsheisn'tavirgin.第14页/共22页MajorcharactersAlecStoke-d'Urberville

HerapesTesswhensheisnomorethansixteenorseventeenyearsold,andlaterpursuesherrelentlessly.（残酷的，无情的）

Hepersuadeshertoseetherealityinherrelationshipandconvinceshertobecomehismistress.（情妇，夫人）

第15页/共22页第16页/共22页TessDurbeyfieldisa16-year-oldsimplecountrygirl.Inachance,TessmeetsAlecd’Urberville,whofindshimselfattractedtoTess.Alecseduces（勾引，诱惑）andrapesTess.Tessreturnshome,givesbirthtoason,butdiedforillness.Outline

第17页/共22页Tessmakesanotherjourneyawayfromhome,andshemeetsandfallsinlovewithAngelClare.Afterthewedding,TessandAngelconfesstheirpaststoeachother.TesstoldClarethatshewasrapedbyanotherman,butClarecannotforgiveTess.ClaregoingtoBrazilforayearandTessgoingbackhome.第18页/共22页Tess’sfatherdied,herwholefamilyhasnowheretolive.Atthisdifficulttime,Alexgivethemhouse、foodandmoney,butTesshavetobehismistress.Claredecidestoforgivehiswife.HeleavesBrazil,desperatetofindher.WhenTesssawClare,herangertoAlexuptothehighestpoint,shethoughherlifewasdestroyedbyAlex,soshekilledAlexandbecomeafugitive（逃亡者）withClare.Shearrestedfivedayslaterandwassentencedtodeath.（判处死刑）第19页/共22页Tess,aPurebutTragicWomanPure：Tess’scharacteristicsofpurity,resistanceandconservativearethecoreofhercharacteristics.IntheimageofTess,herpuritydemonstratesthenaturalbeauty,herresistancedemonstratesthetragicbeautyandherconservativemakesherimageplentiful.Furthermore,hercharacteristicsmakeTesspossessasenseofmodernityandreality.Whytragic?Familybac