The psychodynamics of passion and pathos a gynocritical appraisal of women in the novels of thomas hardy

Abstract

The Victorian England Era has witnessed radical changes in almost all respects. One of which newlinewas an increasingly widespread emergence of awareness among women in all fields. This newlineawareness was the advent of the feminist literature in simultaneity with the feminist newlinemovement. The present research investigates The Psychodynamics of Passion and Pathos: newlinea Gynocritical appraisal of Women in the Novels of Thomas Hardy especially on women newlinecharacters. newlineThe study analyzes the novelist s views about concepts of marriage, sex, education newlineand religion. The study, also, aims to demonstrate the aspects of Hardy s female characters. newlineFurthermore, it hypothesizes that as far as the writer s representation of women was against newlinethe contemporary social norms, his female protagonists still in pathetic condition. newlineThe study under investigation adopts feminist and psychoanalytic theories as newlineappropriate approaches that allow us to deeply interpret the collected data. Our findings show newlinethat the writer s expected New Woman remained unattainable. The research, also, newlineconcludes that Thomas Hardy is a feminist rather than a misogynist. Then, the tragic flaw of newlineHardy s heroines is represented in their infinite sorrow and incomplete desire. newline