Banca de DEFESA: JÉSSICA MARIA SAMPAIO DE LIMA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JÉSSICA MARIA SAMPAIO DE LIMA
DATE: 02/05/2024
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Class and gender issues in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy

KEY WORDS:

Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy. Victorian age. Female labour.

PAGES: 111
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literaturas Estrangeiras Modernas
SUMMARY:

This work aims to dissertate on how gender and class relations (specifically the ones present
in the context of rural England) of the 19th century manifest themselves in the plot and
construction of the characters in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891),
directly influencing its form. To do so, we briefly present the socio-historical context of this
segment of society throughout the Victorian Era and take it as one of the main conditions of
the author's production in creating the fictional universe of Wessex. In the first chapter,
focusing on a class analysis, we conclude, through the established social relations and the
working conditions to which the protagonist Tess is subjected, that work, according to the
characteristics it presents, can be a tool for either dignifying or degrading the main character
Tess, directly influencing the environment she occupies. These working conditions often align
with her state of mind, also serving as an external materialization of her personal feelings and
anxieties. In the second chapter, we turn to the influence of the interpersonal relationships
established between Tess and the two antagonists, Angel Clare and Alec d’Urberville. If, a
priori, she finds herself limited by her alternatives as a rural worker, it is in her relationships
that gender oppression becomes evident. Together, religious morality and the rigid social
conventions of patriarchal society, personified in the novel by her male counterparts,
condemn her to suffering and a life of judgment, resulting in her social ruin and leading her to
take extreme actions in search of liberation. In summary, the verisimilitude of the work in
relation to its production context highlights the interference of the socio-historical element of
the time in its composition.

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