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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08      10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08      Published : Dec 2021

Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native

Abstract

    Rational Choice Theory is a fundamental theory of economics deals with the behavior of an individual in which an actor chooses an action rationally in order to minimize costs and maximize benefits. Several studies have been accomplished on RTC in the frame of reference to the law,criminology, sociology, etc., but only in a small number of researches, RCT has been applied to literature. A realistic piece of literature demands a rational-choice explanation, but the novels of Hardy-'historian of Wessex' have not yet been studied from the perspective of an economic theory, RCT. The purpose of the present study is to widen the compass of RCT and to produce the plurality of meaning of Hardy's The Return of the Native. Employing the method of textual analysis, the present qualitative study explored:i. reflection of RCT in individual actors,' i.e., Eustacia and Wild eve's preference to their available choices; ii. Eustacia's economic and Clym's unprofitable interest in life from the perspective of RCT; iii. reflection of Offender’s Rational Choice Theory in the actions of Eustacia, Wild eve, and Dig gory from The Return.

    Benefits, Choices, Economics, Hardy, Rational, Offenders

    (1) Shahbaz Afzal Bezar
    Head of English Department, Government Graduate College Satiana Road, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Munnzza Noreen
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rana Imran Ali
    Head of English Department, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Bezar, S. A., Noreen, M., & Ali, R. I. (2021). Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native. Global Economics Review, VI(IV), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08

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    CHICAGO : Bezar, Shahbaz Afzal, Munnzza Noreen, and Rana Imran Ali. 2021. "Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native." Global Economics Review, VI (IV): 94-104 doi: 10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08

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    HARVARD : BEZAR, S. A., NOREEN, M. & ALI, R. I. 2021. Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native. Global Economics Review, VI, 94-104.

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    OXFORD : Bezar, Shahbaz Afzal, Noreen, Munnzza, and Ali, Rana Imran (2021), "Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native", Global Economics Review, VI (IV), 94-104

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    TURABIAN : Bezar, Shahbaz Afzal, Munnzza Noreen, and Rana Imran Ali. "Rational Choice Theory: An Economic Analysis of Hardy's The Return of the Native." Global Economics Review VI, no. IV (2021): 94-104. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2021(VI-IV).08