《木马赢家》中的反讽管窥

Irony in The Rocking Horse Winner

作品在主题方面传承了劳伦斯一贯的对现代工业文明摧残人性的批判,其中反讽手法的运用可以说是其中的一大亮点。它作为一种叙事策略,通过两极因素的对比,不仅更加生动地刻画了人物、推动了情节发展,对主题的突显也起到了不可忽视的作用。

The Rocking Horse Winner is one of the successful works of the British writer D. H. Lawrence. Like his other works, it carries the theme of criticizing the destructive influences of modern industrial civilization on human nature. Irony, as a strategy of narration, plays a vital role in it. Through contrast of two extremes, it does not only help depict the characters vividly and push the development of plot, but makes the theme more prominent.