【正确答案】：
参考答案：
1. AS A TRANSITIONAL WRITER, HE IS INTELLECTUALLY ADVANCED AND EMOTIONALLY TRADITIONAL. IN HIM WE SEE THE INFLUENCE FROM BOTH THE PAST AND THE MODERN.
2. NATURALISM IN HIS WORKS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE IS KNOWN AS "NOVELS OF CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT," IS ONE OF THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF HIM AS BOTH A NATURALISTIC AND A CRITICAL REALIST WRITER.
3. CRITICISM IN HIS NOVELS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL AND THE MODERN IS BROUGHT TO THE CENTER OF THE STAGE.
4. WESSEX NOVELS: IN HIS WWESSEX NOVELS, THERE IS AN APPARENT NOSTALGIC TOUCH IN HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL THOUG PRIMITIVE RURAL LIFE. HE BELIEVES THAT MAN'S FATE IS PREDETERMINEDLY TRAGIC , DRIVEN BY A COMBINED FORCE OF "NATURE", BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. IN HIS WORKS, MAN IS SHOWN INEVITABLY BOUND BY HIS OWN INHERENT NATURE AND HEREDITARY TRAITS WHICH PROMPT HIM TO GO AND SEARCH FOR SOME SPECIFIC HAPPINESS OR SUCCESS AND SET HIM IN CONFLICT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, TESS, JUDE THE OBSCURE, AND THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE ALL INFLUENCED BY THIS STYLE AND THOUGHT. 
【题目解析】：本题考查了托马斯·哈代对英国文学的贡献。1.作为过渡时期作家对文学界承前启后的影响。2.作品中的自然主义。3.作品中的批判主义。4.威克塞斯小说系列特点与内涵。