【正确答案】：
A. IN HARDY’S NOVEL, THERE IS AN APPARENT NOSTALGIC TOUCH IN DESCRIPTION OF THE SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL THOUGH PRIMITIVE RURAL LIFE, WHICH WAS GRADUALLY DECLINING AND DISAPPEARING IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME. HE IS ALWAYS SYMPATHETIC WITH THOSE TRADITIONAL CHARACTERS AND MOURNS OVER THEIR FAILURE AND MISFORTUNE.
B. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY DARWIN'S THEORY OF “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST”, AND OTHER MODERN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS, WHICH LED TO DIE PESSIMISTIC DETERMINISM OR NATURALISM IN FICTION.
【题目解析】：A.在哈代的小说中，有一种明显的怀旧气息，描写了当时在英国逐渐衰落和消失的朴素而美丽的原始乡村生活。他总是同情那些传统人物，为他们的失败和不幸而感到悲哀。B.另一方面，他深受达尔文“适者生存”理论等现代哲学思想的影响，导致小说中悲观决定论或自然主义的死亡。