有关《查泰莱夫人的情人》性描写的方方面面

长期以来 ,对劳伦斯是否有必要在《查泰莱夫人的情人》中进行大量性描写的质疑已成为对此部小说最主流的批评之一。很多评论家认为其中直白露骨的性描写纯粹是作者为了突出写性而写性 ,严重破坏了此部小说的形象 ,使一部原本很具文字魅力的小说成为了一部遭摈弃的失败作品。然而事实上 ,劳伦斯并非为了单纯表现性而写性 ,而是通过细致入微的性描写——人类之间最温情最原始的接触 ,不仅表达了他对人自然本性的关注 ,还深刻反映了工业革命和第一次世界大战对人性造成的摧残和负面影响。同时 ,他还通过对性行为时放时收的表现方式 ,巧妙地揭示了语言文字同性行为之间冲突又糅合的辩证关系 :即语言将性带入了光亮之中 。

Lady Chatterley's Lover is Lawrence's most controversial novel, and perhaps the first serious work of literature to explore human sexuality in explicit detail. Many critics sharply criticized the style in which D.H. Lawrence dealt with sexuality and regarded the novel as a problematic and disturbing work. The paper tends to argue the significant role of sexual description in the work from various aspects, claiming that sexual description contributed greatly to depicting the relationship between men, women, and the surrounding world as well as the theme of class conflict through sexual relationship between the aristocratic Constance Chatterley and her gamekeeper Melors. The novel is indeed one of D.H. Lawrence's finest works where his ideas are matched with passages of superb writing.