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Nature As Character in Thomas Hardy's Wessex Novels
https://doi.org/10.18998/00000961
https://doi.org/10.18998/00000961c738abf4-a1ad-4612-a606-eb1c0726d3fc
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| Item type | [ELS]紀要論文 / Departmental Bulletin Paper(1) | |||||||
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| 公開日 | 2016-08-04 | |||||||
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| タイトル | Nature As Character in Thomas Hardy's Wessex Novels | |||||||
| 言語 | en | |||||||
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| 言語 | eng | |||||||
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| ID登録 | 10.18998/00000961 | |||||||
| ID登録タイプ | JaLC | |||||||
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| 収録物識別子 | AN10460219 | |||||||
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| タイトル | Nature As Character in Thomas Hardy's Wessex Novels | |||||||
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JONES, J. B.
× JONES, J. B.
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| 内容記述 | Some of the most powerful descriptive and poetic passages in Thomas Hardy's novels involve the world of nature. His use of closely observed detail when depicting nature and natural processes is perhaps unrivaled in English fiction. One of his great strengths as a novelist is the way he portrays the interaction of his characters with the natural world, which he often characterizes as sentient; in many instances he even gives the natural world human attributes. His characters can usually be seen in different relationships to the natural world: Nature may be seen as merely decorative; it can be seen as illustrative, ie. in harmony with the character (s) moods or situation, in essence, a projection of the inner state of the character; it is sometimes determinative of action, ie. the weather or natural features influence the moods and behavior of the character (s); it may be a controlling influence, causing characters to take action in some way; and finally, it can itself be a main character, as Egdon Heath is in Return of the Native. This paper will analyze passages taken from the following novels: Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), a Pair of Blue Eyes (1873), Far From the Madding Crowd (1874), The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), The Woodlanders (1887), and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). Nature in all its forms becomes a protagonist in his work. Hardy saw nature as a sentient force with a definite personality; by allowing his characters to interact with nature in his fictional countryside of Wessex (the counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and Devon), Hardy is able to add to his fiction a great sense of drama and a profound vision of man in harmony with the natural world. It has been noted that "Hardy instinctively unites nature and man, making the external setting a kind of sharer in the human fate" (Howe; 23) and that he writes so that "the landscape takes its place as an actor in the drama of human life" (CH; 413). Perhaps no other writer, living or dead, had such an understanding of nature and at the same time possessed the writing skill and emotional depth to capture and convey this world in print. | |||||||
| 書誌情報 | 巻 10, p. 121-207, 発行日 2003-12-01 | |||||||
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