Nature, Weather and Seasons in Thomas Hardy's Wessex Novels

Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá Wessexskými novelami anglického autora Thomase Hardyho. Zkoumá imaginární zemi zvanou Wessex, hojně užívanou v Hardyho dílech, ať už její geografickou nebo meteorologickou stránku či schopnost ovlivnit chování postav a děj zasazený do tamější krajiny.Katedra anglického jazykaNeobhájenoThe following thesis focuses on Hardy´s two Wessex novels, Far from the Madding published in 1874 and Tess of D´Urbervilles published in 1891. It concentrates on his partly dream, partly real country called Wessex. Especially it focuses on the displays of nature, weather and change of seasons within two chosen novels. Its aim is to observe and subsequently delineate the nature, weather and seasons in Wessex and its meaning in the given novels. It also explores how the nature is connected to the individual characters and its influence on them