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Hardy’s Narrativa Style
Prepared by Khuman Bhagirath Paper Thomas Hardy as a NovelistRoll No. 02Class M.A. Sem-IVYear 2012/13
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
The Return of the Native
Three
Novels
:
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridge“Now I am not the man to let a cause be lost for want of a word. And before ye are gone for ever I'll speak. Once more, will ye stay? There it is, flat and plain. You can see that it isn't all selfishness that makes me press 'ee; for my business is not quite so scientific as to require an intellect entirely out of the common.” -Henchard
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridge
Blunt Character
Countrified Expression
Impulsive
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridgeDialogues -Reflection of Characters’ Social Position and Their Personality
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridgeHardy’s Fondness for Gothic Atmosphere
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridgeSubtitle:“The Life and Death of a Man of Character”
The
Mayor
of Caster
bridge
Fatalistic
Tess of
the
D’Urbe
rvilles“There was a great stir in the milk-house just after breakfast. The churn revolved as usual, but the butter would not come. Whenever this happened the dairy was paralyzed. Squish, squash, echoed the milk in the great cylinder, but never arose the sound they waited for.” (21.1)
Short Sentences
Use of Everyday Words
Tess of
the
D’Urbe
rvilles
To the Point
Tess of
the
D’Urbe
rvilles“Their gauzy skirts had brushed up from the grass innumerable flies and butterflies which, unable to escape, remained caged in the transparent tissue as in an aviary. Angel's eye at last fell upon Tess, the hindmost of the four; she, being full of suppressed laughter at their dilemma, could not help meeting his glance radiantly.”(23.14)
Sophisticated Words
Longer and More Complex Passages
Tess of
the
D’Urbe
rvilles
The
Return
of the
Native"O – Tamsie," said the elder, weeping, "I don't like to let you go."
"I – I – am –." Thomasin began, giving way likewise. But quelling her grief, she said, "Good-bye!" again and went on.
Then Mrs. Yeobright saw a little figure wending its way between the scratching furze-bushes, and diminishing far up the valley – a pale-blue spot in a vast field of neutral brown, solitary and undefended except by the power of her own hope.
But the worst feature in the case was one which did not appear in the landscape; it was the man. (2.8.44-46)
Realism
Description of Nature
Strong Imagery
Visual NovelThe
Return
of the
Native
The
Return
of the
Native"And I have no money to go alone! And if I could, what comfort to me? I must drag on next year, as I have dragged on this year, and the year after that as before. How I have tried to be a splendid woman, and how destiny has been against me!" (5.7.20)
Mini-climaxes
Each Chapter = Individual Scene
Quick Scene Break
Monologues andSoliloquies
The
Return
of the
Native
Theatrical and Dramatic
The
Return
of the
Native
The
Return
of the
Native“Minute after minute passed by, perhaps ten minute passed, and the shadow on the moon perceptibly widened. He heard a rustling on his left hand, a cloaked figure with an upturned face appeared at the base of the Barrow, and Clym descended. In a moment the figure was in his arms, and his lips upon hers.”
"My Eustacia!" (3.4.5-6)
Suspenseful
The
Return
of the
Native