首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Thomas Hardy’s impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not alway
Thomas Hardy’s impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not alway
admin
2011-01-02
41
问题
Thomas Hardy’s impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not always work together in harmony. Hardy was to some degree interested in exploring his characters’ psychologies, though impelled less by curiosity than by sympathy. Occasionally he felt the impulse to comedy (in all its detached coldness) as well as the impulse to farce, but he was more often inclined to see tragedy and record it. He was also inclined to literary realism in the several senses of that phrase. He wanted to describe ordinary human beings; he wanted to speculate on their dilemma rationally (and, unfortunately, even schematically); and he wanted to record precisely the material universe. Finally, he wanted to be more than a realist. He wanted to transcend what he considered to be the banality of solely recording things exactly and to express as well his awareness of the occult and the strange.
In his novels these various impulses were sacrificed to each other inevitably and often. Inevitably, because Hardy did not care in the way that novelists such as Flaubert or James cared, and therefore took paths of least resistance. Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared. A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower. In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style. But on other occasions Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly. When a relaxing impulse was indulged, the style —that sure index of an author’s literary worth —was certain to become verbose. Hardy’s weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones. He submitted to first one and then another, and the spirit blew where it listed; hence the unevenness of any one of his novels. His most controlled novel, Under the Greenwood Tree, prominently exhibits two different but reconcilable impulses —a desire to be a realist-historian and a desire to be a psychologist of love —but the slight interlockings of plot are not enough to bind the two completely together. Thus even this book splits into two distinct parts.
We get the impression that the author seems to be ______. Hardy’s impulses as a writer.
选项
A、amazed at
B、critical of
C、fed up with
D、interested in
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/LJeO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
曹雪芹的小说《红楼梦》在中国文学发展史上,树立了一座辉煌灿烂的艺术丰碑。小说以贵族青年贾宝玉、林黛玉的恋爱婚姻悲剧为主要线索,描写贾家荣、宁两府这个封建贵族大家庭的衰亡败落。作者还通过这个家族的社会联系的描写,笔触深入到封建社会的各个方面,生动地展开了封建
Aseveryancientmarinerknew,travelingbysailisasimplewaytogo.Thoughthewindscouldbefickleandtheboatspokey,th
SuccessPersonalityAccordingtoaGallupsurvey,anumberofqualitiesarecommonamongsuccessfulpeople.Herearefiveof
A、calmandquiet.B、nervousandnumb.C、timidandconfused.D、shockedandangry.A本题也是考查总体理解。虽然被访者经历了一个terriblesituation,但她还是较
Inhisessay"TheParableoftheTapeworm,"MarioVargasLlosaarguesthatattheheartofthewriter’swilltowriteisrebelli
A、unknownreasons.B、atrainingflight.C、thetrainingformation.D、fourbombs.A考查抓关键细节的能力。虽然其他三个选择项都与飞机消失有关,但真正的原因还未找出。
Mostpublishingisnow"electronic"inthesensethatbooks,magazines,andnewspapersarepreparedoncomputers,andexistasc
FredCookeofSalfordturned90twodaysagoandtheworldhasbeenbeatingapathtohisdoor.Ifyouhaven’tnoticed,theback
C美国文学之作家概况。WaltWhitman是美国著名诗人,代表作为《草叶集》(LeavesofGrass),他是第一位使用自由体(FreeVerse)的诗人。
C英国文学之作家概况。JohnKeats(1795—1821),第二代浪漫主义诗人代表,代表作为OdetoaNightingale(《夜莺颂》),写作风格推崇“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty’’。
随机试题
MostpeoplebuyalotofgiftsjustbeforeChristmas.Butsomepeoplethinktheybuytoomuch.Theyhavestartedaspecialdayc
A黏冲B裂片C崩解超限D片剂含量不均匀E片重差异超限产生下列问题的原因是:硬脂酸镁用量过多
患者,女,28岁,产后1周,寒战高热,腰痛,尿频,尿急,尿痛,查体:肾区叩击痛,肋脊角压痛,尿沉渣白细胞10个/高倍视野,尿蛋白(+),血白细胞17000。
自动乳化的基本原理是在何种条件下乳状液中的乳滴由于界面能降低,而形成更小的纳米级乳滴
FIDIC分包合同条件规定,如果工程师不认可分包商报表中的某些款项,( )在应付款日之前及时将扣发或缓发分包款的理由通知分包商,承包商则不承担逾期负款责任。
施工单位在工程施工中必须进行见证取样和送检的是()。
我国现存最古老最高的一座木构大塔是( )。
社会工作者小张设计了一份项目申请书,参加社区公益创投活动。在这份项目申请书中,需要重点说明的内容有()
《礼记》:“欲修其身者,必先正其心;欲正其心者,必先诚其意o”请以此为主题发表一段演讲。
Mr.Clarkisinclined______thathiswifewillaccepthisplan.
最新回复
(
0
)