D.H.Lawrence

DavidHerbertRichardsLawrence(11September1885–02March1930)IntroductionMajorworksThemesandStylesSonsandloversOutline◆Born:Eastwood,Nottinghamshire,England(1885-09-11)◆Died:2March(aged44)Vance,France◆Oneofthegreatestfiguresin20th-centuryEnglishliterature◆Occupation:Novelist,poet,playwright,essayist,literarycritic,painter◆Genres:modernism◆InfluencedbyFreud(弗洛伊德)andthecontradictionbetweenhisparents(mother)◆Lawrence'smotherdiedin1910---helpedherdiebygivingheranoverdoseofsleepingmedicine.ThisscenewasrecreatedinhisnovelSONSANDLOVERS(1912).IntroductionMajorworks●novelsTheWhitePeacock《白孔雀》----firstnovel1911SonsandLovers《儿子与情人》----Oedipuscomplex1913TheRainbow《虹》1915WomeninLove《恋爱中的女人》1915LadyChatterley’sLover《查泰来夫人的情人》1928Kangaroo《袋鼠》1923Aaron’sRod《出走的男人》1921Serpent《羽蛇》1926MostsuccessfulMajorworks●PlaywrightsACollier’sFridayNight《矿工的周五夜晚》TheDaughter-in-Law《儿媳》TheWidowingofMrs.Holroyd《守寡的霍尔罗伊德夫人》1914●PoetryLook!WeHaveComeThrough!《瞧，我们走过来了》1917NewPoems《新诗集》1918Bay《海湾》1919RelationshipbetweenmenandwomenCriticismofthemodernworldofmoneyandmachinesOedipuscomplexThemesandStyleMajorthemesFusionofrealismandmodernismTraditional---formInnovative---combiningpsychicexplorationwithsocialcriticismRichsymbolicimagesCombinedramaticsceneswithanauthorialcommentaryThemesandStyleStyleIntroductionThemeStructureRolesanalysisSonsandLoversIntroductionSonsandLoversisthethirdpublishednovelofD.H.Lawrence,takenbymanytobehisearliestmasterpiece.IttellsthestoryofPaulMorel,ayoungmanandabuddingartist.Thisautobiographicalnovelisabrilliantevocationoflifeinaworkingclassminingcommunity.PaulandMrs.Moreltoldeachothertheirfeelingsfromtheirinnermostworld,andsharedthehappinessandgrievancewitheachother.Hismotherwasthemostimportantandtheonlyloftypersoninhismind.Paulthoughthispassionatelovebelongedtohisbelovedmother.Mrs.Morel’lovetoPaulisbeyondthenormalstate.ShetriestocontrolPaulinspiritandmakeshimnotbeinlovewithothers,especiallygirls.Paul’lovetohermothercan’tmakehisemotiondevelophealthily.Hisattitudetosexisnotmatureanddeveloped,whichcausesthetragedyandpainforhiswholelife.ThemeOedipuscomplexOedipuscomplexThecomplexisnamedaftertheGreekmythicalcharacterOedipus,who(albeitunknowingly)killshisfatherandmarrieshismother.AccordingtoFreud,theOedipuscomplexisauniversalphenomenon,builtinphylogenetically,andisresponsibleformuchunconsciousguilt.TheoedipallovebetweenPaulandhismother;ThespirituallovebetweenPaulandMiriam;ThephysicallovebetweenPaulandClareWavepattern---therhythmicriseandfallofthehero’semotionsPaulfightsdesperatelyagainstthedominantmotherandthepossessivegirlfriendstokeephissoulindependent.Structure1.Thenatureofhumanrelationships---threedestructiveformsoflove:Graduallyrevealing“thelongandhalf-secretprocess”ofason’sdevelopmentawayfromhisparents.PaulswingshissympathyfromhismothertowardshisfatherThemainlineofPaul’semotionaldevelopment.Structure2.“S”curvestructureAfterhismother’sdeath,Paulfeelslost,unabletopaintanymore.RejectingMiriam’slastappealtohimforromance,hefeelssuicidalonenight,butchangeshismindandresolvesnotto“giveintothedarkness.”Paulisbeginningtounderstandthathismother’slovewassmothering,jealous,andultimatelydestructive,thathemustlivewithouther,andthathisreleasefromherfeelslikeavictory.Structure3.TheendingofthenovelPaulMorel,theprotagonistofSonsandLovers,isbasedontheyouthfulD.H.Lawrence.Paulisayoungmaninthepainfulprocessofgrowingup.He'salsograduallydiscoveringthathe'sagiftedartist.Mostimportanttothestory,Paulistornbetweenhispassionfortwoyoungwomen,themysticalMiriamandthesensualClara,andhisunyieldingdevotiontoapossessivemother.Paulisafascinatingmixtureofextremes:vitalityanddespondency,spiritualityandsensuality,loveandhate,sensitivityandcrueltyRolesanalysisMrs.MorelisoneofthemostformidablemothersinallofWesternliterature.Tothenarrator,andperhapstoPaulMorel,sheisbothagiving,selflessnurturerofherchildrenandapossessivetyrant.Mr.MorelisPaul'srough,sensual,hard-drinkingfather.Inmanyways,heishiswife'sopposite.Mr.Morelisfromalower-classminingfamily.Hespeaksthelocaldialectincontrasttohiswife'srefinedEnglish.HelovestodrinkanddancepracticesthatMrs.Morel,astrictCongregationalist,considerssinful.RolesanalysisTHANKYOU