analyzing the writing background of tess of d’urbervilles

1、<p>　　Analyzing the Writing Background of Tess of D’Urbervilles</p><p>　　Abstract: One of the most famous novels of Hardy’s is “Tess of D’Urbervilles”.In this novel Hardy created a beautiful country gir

2、l with emotion vividly. It tells us the tragic life story of Tess. This thesis is aimed at analyzing the writing background and the main idea.。 </p><p>　　Key Words:：Tess's tragedy; Hardy </p><

3、p>　　1．Introduction </p><p>　　1.1 An introduction to Hardy </p><p>　　Thomas Hardy, last and one of the greatest of Victorian novelists, is one of the representative of English critical realism

4、 at the turn of the 19th century. He was born in Dorset, a southern country of England, which he called Wessex in his books. His father, a builder himself, wanted him to become a builder. From an early age he was bound a

5、pprentive to an architect. At the age of 22,Hardy went to London, where he studied architecture for five years but at the same time also became interested in</p><p>　　Hardy wrote prodigiously. His principal

6、works are the Wessex Novels, i.e.; the novels describing the characters and environment of his native countryside. They include “Under the Greenwood Tree”(1872),”Far from the Madding Crowd”(1874),”The Return of the Nativ

7、e”(1878),”The Mayor of Casterbridge”(1886),”Tess of the D’Urbervilles”(1891) and “Jude the Obscure”(1896).These novels have for their setting the agricultural region of the southern countries of England. He truthfully de

8、picts the impoverish</p><p>　　1.2 An introduction to the works </p><p>　　“Tess of the D’Urbervilles, a Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed”, Hardy’s most famous book, tells the tragic life story of

9、a beautiful country girl, Tess Durbeyfield. Tess is the daughter of a poor villager. In her youth, she is seduced by Alec D’Urbervilles, the son of a rich merchant who has bought his title into the class of gentry. Tess

10、gives birth to an illegitimate child, thus scandalizing the narrow-minded people around her. So she leaves home and works at a distant farm as a dairymaid. The</p><p>　　The whole story is filled with a feeli

11、ng of dismal foreboding and doom. Fateful circumstances and tragic coincidences abound in the book. </p><p><b>　　作者簡介 </b></p><p>　　蘇紅艷（1982—），女，四川新津人，學(xué)歷：學(xué)士，職稱：助教，研究方向英語教育。</p>