从《德伯家的苔丝》的环境描写看哈代的乡土精神

See Hardy's Provincialism From the Environmental Description of Tess of the D'Urbervilles

在英国小说历史上,托马斯·哈代是一位杰出的、独一无二的伟大小说家。在他所有的作品中,“威塞克斯小说”尤其是人们关注的焦点。《德伯家的苔丝》是哈代的代表作之一。其中的环境描写在整篇小说中起着举足轻重的作用。其环境在小说中不仅有背景作用,而且极富象征性。而作者之所以能如此熟练地驾驭各种景物描写,是因为他有着一种浓厚的乡土精神。

In the history of English literature, Thomas Hardy is a unique, outstanding novelist. Among all his works, Wessex series novels focus people＇ s attention. Tess of the D＇ Urbervilles is one of the masterpieces of Thomas Hardy. The environmental description plays a very important role in the whole novel. Not only does the description serve as the background of the novel,but also indicates a certain kind of symbolism. The reason why Hardy can describe the environment perfectly is that there is a kind of provincialism in his mind.