Thesupremehappinessinlifeistheconvictionthatweareloved.
—VictorHugo
Ifthereisonethingonecanalwaysyearnforandsometimesattain, itishumanlove.
—Camus
UnitGoals
Afterlearningtheunit, studentsareexpectedtobeable
·toknowThomasHardyandthemajorconcernsofhiswriting,
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·’representationoflad-and-girllove,
·tomastertheusefulexpressionsinthewritings, and
·toimprovelanguageproficiencyandcriticalthinkingthroughthecontentofthisunit.
BeforeYouRead
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2)Whydoyouthinkmanypeopleconsider “toloveandtobeloved”asthesupremehappinessinlife?
’UrbervillesisgenerallyregardedasthefinestnovelofHardy’? Readthefollowingstorylinesandseeifyoucanarrangetheminthecorrectchronologicalorder.
, andgivesbirthtoachild, whichdiesininfancy.
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, andishangedatlast.
, wheresheisengagedtoAngelClare, thesonofaclergyman.
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Hereistherightorder:____________________________________________________
, “localcolor”ofthenovels.
1) ThomasHardy
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3) KateChopin
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5) MarkTwain
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