An Ecocritical Reading of The Return of the Native

摘要

This paper aims to study The Return of the Native from the perspective of ecocriticism.Hardy indicates nature pos sesses its intrinsic value and nature and humans are equal in the ecological system.Man's alienation from nature leads to the dis harmonious man-nature relationship.Hardy argues that man should see nature's intrinsic value and build harmonious man-na ture relationship.