英美短篇小 说Unit 5 The Shadow in the Rose Garden.ppt

Unit 5:The Shadow in the Rose Garden D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Major works The White Peacock (1910) Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women in Love (1921) Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) Major themes Relationship between men and women Criticism of the modern world of money and machines Oedipus complex A Strong Reaction against the Mechanical Civilization The dehumanizing effect of mechanical civilization on the sensual tenderness of human nature Passionate Love for Nature Strongly advocated a return to nature, to a primitive way of life. Man can derive energy, power and a dark sort of joy only by getting his life into contact with the elemental life of the cosmos, by keeping a harmonious relationship with nature. Psychological Penetration Reveal the deepest instincts of human nature Dark self ---active unconsciousness --- the true source of passion White self --- social ego Human Relationship --- chief concern The core of his writing is to make this relationship free and healthy. In all his life, he had been seeking the idealistic human relationship. To him, balance, not dominance, is the best guiding principle in the relationship --- “star-polarity”. Frank discussion of sex Style Fusion of realism and modernism Traditional --- form Innovative --- combining psychic exploration with social criticism Rich symbolic images Combine dramatic scenes with an authorial commentary The symbolism in The Shadow in the Rose Garden 1. “The Stag at Bay” The husband of the heroine gave careful but hostile attention to “The Stag at Bay”. This picture is from Sir Edwin Landseer, his work always themed by sad animals. He was just like the sad stag in the picture, he felt depressed and self-abased. That’s why he gave careful but hostile attention. 2. “shadow” In this story, the word “shadow” occurred through the story, totally six times. In this story, the shadow was always together with the heroine. At first she told his