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1、D. H. Lawrence,(11th 9 ,1885 2nd 3 ,1930) Lawrence, age 21 (1906),Catalogue,Introduction to D. H. Lawrence Lawrences works Work Analysis Writing Techniques Women in Lawrences Works,The Introduction of D.H.Lawrence,Writing period 19071930,1925-1930: Approaching death,The background of D.H.Lawrences f

2、amily,He was the fourth child of his family. His father was a barely literate miner, and his mother was a former schoolmistress. His working class background and the tensions between his mismatched parents provided the raw material for a number of his early works.,In his early life, he studied while

3、 worked. At the end of 1907 he won a short story competition in the Nottingham Guardian, the first time that he had gained any wider recognition for his literary talents.,1.Blithe spirits (1912-1914) :,In March 1912 the author met the free spirited woman ,Frieda, with whom he was to share the rest o

4、f his life. With the help of Frieda, he had finished a few books, and started writing the first draft of a work of fiction that was to be transformed into two of his finest novels.,2.The nightmare (1914-1919),During the year from 1912 to 1914, because of militarism, Lawrence was arrested and accused

5、 of being a British spy. During this time, Friedas German parentage and Lawrences open contempt for militarism also resulted in being viewed with suspicion in wartime England and lived in near destitution.,In late 1917, after constant harassment by the military authorities, Lawrence was forced to le

6、ave Cornwall at three days notice under the terms of the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). Until 1919 he was compelled by poverty to shift from address to address and barely survived a severe attack of influenza.,3.The savage pilgrimage begins (1919-1922),After the traumatic experience of the war yea

7、rs, Lawrence began what he termed his savage pilgrimage, a time of voluntary exile. He escaped from England at the earliest practical opportunity, to return only twice for brief visits, and with Frieda spent the remainder of his life travelling; settling down for only short periods. This wanderlust

8、took him to Italy, Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka), Australia, North America, Mexico and after returning once more in Italy, southern France.,4.Seeking a new world (1922-1925),In late February 1922 the Lawrences left Europe behind with the intention of migrating to the United States. At the end of 192

9、3, he failed to travel to England and he soon returned to Taos, which convinced that his life as an author now lay in America.,5.Approaching death (1925-1930):,In March 1925 he suffered a near fatal attack of malaria and tuberculosis whilst on a third visit to Mexico. Although he eventually recovere

10、d, his health was badly affected . However, he continued to write.,In his last months he authored numerous poems, reviews, essays, and a robust defence of his last novel against those who sought to suppress it. His last significant work was a spirited reflection on the New Testament Book of Revelati

11、on, Apocalypse. After being discharged from a sanatorium he died at the Villa Robermond, Vence, France in 1930 at the age of 44.,Works,Novels,The White Peacork (1911) The Trespasser (1912) Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women and Love (1920) Lady Chatterleys Lover The Lost Girl (1920) The

12、 Boy in the Bush (1924) The Escaped Cock (1929 ) The Virgin and the Gypsy (1930 ),Short Stories,The Odour of Chrysanthemums (1914) The Prussian Officers and Other Stories (1914) England, My England and Other Stories ( 1922) The Horse Dealers Daughter (1922) The Fox, The Captains Doll, The Ladybird (

13、1923) St Mawr and other stories (1925) The Woman who Rode Away and other stories (1928) The Rocking-Horse Winner (1926) The Virgin and the Gipsy and Other Stories (1930) Love Among the Haystacks and other stories (1930) Collected Stories (1994),Poetry,Dream Old Dream Nascent Love Poems and others (1

14、913) Amores (1916) Look! We have come through! (1917) New Poems (1918) Bay: a book of poems (1919) Tortoises (1921) Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923) The Collected Poems of D H Lawrence (1928) Pansies (1929) Nettles (1930) Last Poems (1932) Fire and other poems (1940) The Complete Poems of D H Lawren

15、ce (1964,Plays The Daughter-in-Law (1912) The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd (1914) Touch and Go (1920) David (1926) The Fight for Barbara (1933) A Colliers Friday Night (1934) The Married Man (1940) The Merry-go-round (1941) The Complete Plays of D H Lawrence (1965) Cambridge University Press (1999),Trave

16、l Books,Twilight in Italy and Other Essays (1916) Sea and Sardinia (1921) Mornings in Mexico (1927) Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian essays (1932),Work Analysis,-Sons and Lovers,Sons and Lovers,Writing Background Plot Analysis Summary,Writing Background,The third published novel of D. H

17、. Lawrence, concerned about a young man and his mothers relationship. Generally, it is not only considered as an portrayal of working-class life, but also an intense study of family, class and early sexual relationships.,Lawrence began working on the novel in the period of his mothers illness. He vi

18、ewed his mother as a clever and elegant woman. Actually he regarded it as an unlucky things that his mother married his coal mining father, a man of temperament and instability. He believed that his mother had married below her class status,Plot Analysis,Characters: Father (Gertrude Coppard ) Mother

19、 (Morel) Elder brother (William) Paul, Miriam, Clara,Relationship father William (died) married Mother Paul Miriam Clara,Summary,a woman of character and refinement goes into the lower class, because cant find the satisfaction of her own marriage and selects her sons as lovers first the eldest, then

20、 the second. But when they come to manhood, they cant love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives, and holds them.,The battle goes on between the mother and the girl who fall in love with her sons. The mother gradually proves stronger, because of the ties of blood. The son decid

21、es to leave his soul in his mothers hands and went for passion, but, almost unconsciously, the mother realizes what is the matter, and begins to die. He is left in the end naked of everything, with the drift towards death.,This is the most autobiographical of all Lawrences works as the author himsel

22、f had a similar relationship with his own mother, Like many of his works, Sons and Lovers was criticized when first published, but compared to his later works it is quite restrained,D.H. Lawrences writing technique,D.H. Lawrence is one of the most unique and controversial novelists of the twentieth

23、century in English and world literature. He is honored as the phoenix of English literature. With his abundant legacies of fiction, poetry, literary criticism, philosophy and psychology.,.the balance between realism and modernism,In Lawrences novels, the principle of literary creation is realistic i

24、n nature. He reproduced life according to the true colors of life and he laid stress on representation of the factuality of life, paid attention to the objective attitude in writing, and attached importance to the authenticity of the artistic description.,Meanwhile, his novel has distinct modernisti

25、c features. He employed many modernistic techniques in his novels, such as psychoanalysis, interior monologue, abundant symbols and images with metaphorical meanings. The blending of realism and modernism constitutes a perfect balance state in his novels. This balance shows the legacy of English lit

26、erature, the innovation of English literature, and demonstrates a perfect mutual complement.,.the balance between the two sexes,Lawrence deeply and successfully explored the relationship between the two sexes all his life. He believed that two lovers, or a couple, are like two magnetic poles. They r

27、epel and resist one another and at the same time attract and need one another. Lawrence deemed that man and woman could achieve a perfect balanced relationship through conflict. To keep balance is the key point in the harmonious relationship between the two sexes.,In the balanced relationship betwee

28、n the two sexes, love is the main rhythm. Love is the foundation of the ideal male-female relationship. Lawrence searched the ways to establish a harmonious and perfect relationship between the two sexes in modern industrial society.,.the balance between man and nature,He made a lot of splendid depi

29、ctions of nature in his novels and expressed a passionate love for the natural world and unique understanding of the nature. He revealed the relationship between man and nature in his novels.,On the one hand, man and nature merge into each other. Man is the result of natural selection in the process

30、 of biological evolution. Man is the child and an inalienable part of nature. Nature has a mysterious power which can awake mans instinct and endow man with the natural attribute. On the other hand, man and nature reciprocally oppose and conflict with each other.,Lawrence advocated that man and natu

31、re should be closely linked, and should achieve a balanced harmony. The Rainbow and Women in Love represent the supreme technical innovation and creative achievement of Lawrence. In these two masterpieces Lawrences balance art achieves a perfect state.,Women in Lawrences Works,Comments on Lawrence,a

32、 controversial figure in the realm of literature the advocate of male-chauvinism（大男人主义）,Is that true?,always exist in some kind of relation to the male instead of as independent beings. exist as the mother, wife, daughter or lover of the male-the deprivation of female selfhood in the patriarchal society（父性社会）,Women In Lawrences Works, female characters - take