Light In November – Thomas Hardy’s The Return Of The Native
Light In November – Thomas Hardy’s The Return Of The Native

Some Hermeneutical Reflections On Time, History, And Human Perception

Author(s): Dimitar Karamitev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Thomas Hardy; light; picture; narrative
Summary/Abstract: The present paper examines the presence of light as a narrative instrument in Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native. Attention is paid to how the author uses it uniquely and variously in order to develop plot. Some scientific definitions of phenomena are provided and a categorization of the uses of light is made, the focus being mainly on the revelatory function of light. The employed critical perspectives are founded on phenomenology and hermeneutics.

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