《虹》——乐观的悲剧史诗英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

I I Acknowledgements It isn’t at all only a procedure for me to express my deep gratitude for all those who have helped me during my three-year postgraduate study. First of all, I am very indebted to my supervisor Associate Professor Chen Xianfu for his constant encouragement and unselfish instructions. His critical opinions and advice were, to a great extent, invaluable to the completion of this thesis. My heartfelt thanks also go for Professors Sun Shengzhong, Yue Jinsheng and Associate Professors Cai Yuhui, Ouyang Junlin, Xie Jinqiu and Du Kefu, for their heuristic and instructive courses, during the past three years. Finally, my profound thanks should also be given to my family and friends for their ever-lasting support, understanding, and assistance. Whatever I have achieved and whatever I will achieve cannot be separated from their encouragement. II II Abstract D.H. Lawrence was one of the most original and controversial writers of the early twentieth century. He often incorporates philosophical ideas into his work. In Lawrence’s philosophical development, Nietzsche remains an abiding presence and an influence second to none and his some ideas unavoidably influence Lawrence’s thinking about polarity, with which Lawrence is often obsessed in his fiction. This thesis is mainly to comment Lawrence’s most basic opposite-male-female relationship with which he is always preoccupied in The Rainbow. For Lawrence, all creation, including life depends on the union of duality and polarity. In this novel, the former two generations of the Brangwens can form the union, thus creating lives and finding satisfaction and self-fulfillment. But the representative of the third generation Ursula finally rejects it with Skrebensky, so she cannot achieve what her ancestors have already owned. In all, the union of male-female relationship between them is from integration to disintegration, resulting in the Brangwens’ declined lives and final failures. In addition, it also can be seen