Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors
This paper deals with Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Roman Polanski’s screen adaptation Tess; the pivotal role of Darwinian Inheritance theories is discussed in the novel and the film, with reference to major episodes such as the strawberry scene or the dairy episode. The argumen...
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Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
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| description | This paper deals with Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Roman Polanski’s screen adaptation Tess; the pivotal role of Darwinian Inheritance theories is discussed in the novel and the film, with reference to major episodes such as the strawberry scene or the dairy episode. The argument then shifts to a discussion of the semantic function of the motif of Stonehenge in the novel as well as in the film, with a suggestion that neo-Darwinism has introduced yet a new conception of the reality of woman. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7f50a652ff943c5bb68b74cd683e1682022-12-22T01:26:54ZengUniversité Toulouse - Jean JaurèsMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone2108-65592010-03-01110.4000/miranda.798Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphorsRaphaëlle Costa de BeauregardThis paper deals with Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Roman Polanski’s screen adaptation Tess; the pivotal role of Darwinian Inheritance theories is discussed in the novel and the film, with reference to major episodes such as the strawberry scene or the dairy episode. The argument then shifts to a discussion of the semantic function of the motif of Stonehenge in the novel as well as in the film, with a suggestion that neo-Darwinism has introduced yet a new conception of the reality of woman.http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/798adaptationchanceculturedestinydeterminismmetaphor |
| spellingShingle | Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone adaptation chance culture destiny determinism metaphor |
| title | Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors |
| title_full | Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors |
| title_fullStr | Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors |
| title_short | Darwin, Polanski and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles: facts and metaphors |
| title_sort | darwin polanski and thomas hardy s tess of the d urbervilles facts and metaphors |
| topic | adaptation chance culture destiny determinism metaphor |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/798 |
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