Thomas Hardy as a Proto-Existentialist: A Study of His Novels of Character and Environment
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May 18, 2011
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………….……… 1
2. Current Critical Views on Hardy………………………………………….……… 2
3. Naturalism Versus Existentialism………………………………………….……... 4
3.1 Materialism versus humanism…………………………..……..……...….…... 5 3.2 Determinism versus freedom……...…………………..……….….…………. 6 3.3 Pessimism versus optimism…………………….……………….….………... 8
4. Hardy as a Proto-Existentialist……………………………………….…………. 10
4.1 Absurdity and futility…………………………….……...……….………….. 10 4.2 Loneliness and dread…………………......…………………….….………... 12 4.3 Free choice……………………….………………..……………….……….. 14 4.4 The death symbol……………………………..………………….….……… 16
5. Conclusion……………………………………………………….……….……... 18
Works Cited………………………………………….……………………….……... 19
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1. Introduction
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In this thesis, I intend to prove that Thomas Hardy is a proto-existentialist. If I can show that basic existentialist tenets are consistently demonstrated in Hardy’s novels of character and environment, his main contribution to literature as a novelist, that will reveal how far Hardy moves towards modernism and open up a new channel to interpret his novel.
Hardy is found with a different perspective of interpreting the tragic fate of Tess (Zhang and Wang 89).
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4. Hardy as a Proto-Existentialist
Thomas Hardy is much influenced by The Origin of Species, though he never shares Darwin’s sense of grandeur in a view of evolution which signifies the survival of the fittest at the expense of the weak. Compassionate by temperament, Hardy finds justification in evolutionary theory for extending (Gilbert 22).
Hardy’s thoughts of the human situation in the world shared many similarities with existentialism whose basic tenets and themes are constantly demonstrated in Hardy’s novels of character and environment.
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4.1 Absurdity and Futility
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Hardy articulates a world where man lives a futile life and is the “sport” of malevolent, or at least indifferent, forces which finally destroy their happiness, defeat their aspirations, and making a mockery of their life. To Hardy, the absurdity of the universe lies in its oppression of man’s desires and its opposition to man’s will. In this absurd universe, man cannot achieve anything and his fate is always against him, and thus man lives in an abyss of agony.
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