D[一].H.Lawrence_劳伦斯作家介绍.pptVIP

D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Novelist + poet + playwright Sons and Lovers 1. Social criticism: dehumanization 2. Psychological exploration 1) Human sexuality （性欲） 2) Oedipus Complex Lawrence Major Works Sons and Lovers (Autobiographical novel) The Rainbow; Women in Love (The two novels are his masterpiece) Viewpoints in Lawrence’s writings 1）Social criticism: dehumanization Lawrence has expressed a strong reaction against the mechanical civilization. In his opinion, the bourgeois industrial revolution, which made its realization at the cost of ravishing the land, had started the catastrophic uprooting of man from nature. Viewpoints in Lawrence’s writings Under this mechanical control, human beings were turned into inanimated matter, while the inanimated matter should be animated to destroy both man and earth. It is this agonized concern about the dehumanizing effect of mechanical civilization on the sensual tenderness of human nature that haunts Lawrence’s writing. Viewpoints in Lawrence’s writings 2) Psychological analysis: sexual impulse Lawrence was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works. He believes that the healthy way of the individual’s psychological development lay in the primary of the life impulse, or in another term, the sexual impulse. Human sexuality （性欲） was a symbol of Life Force. Viewpoints in Lawrence’s writings By presenting the psychological experience of individual human life and human relationships, Lawrence has opened up a wide territory to the novel (his literary contribution). Lawrence declared that any repression of the sexual impulse based on social, religious, or moral values of the civilized world would cause severe damages to the harmony of human relationships and the psychic health of the individual’s personality. His artistic features 1. Lawrence’s artistic tendency is mainly realism, which combines dramatic scenes with an authoritative commentary. 2. With the work