David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes.Despi...David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes.Despite his misogynic pronouncements in his essays and feminist critics’constant attack on him,this paper,through a careful survey of his major novels and short stories,explores the rich variety of aggressive female characters that he created and his deep insight into women’s existence,and identifies him as a male writer struggling to speak for women from a non-feminist standpoint.展开更多
David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes. This...David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes. This article,through a careful survey of his major novels and short stories, explores a wide range of oppressive female characters that he created and his deep insight into women's existence. Rather than simply demonize women in his fiction, D.H. Lawrence intends to reveal to the reader that women's will to serve, to sacrifice, and to be adored may well evolve into a strong desire to manipulate and monopolize their men. In response the author repeatedly advocates and eulogizes a relationship of spiritual separateness in balance with physical union between the sexes.展开更多
文摘David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes.Despite his misogynic pronouncements in his essays and feminist critics’constant attack on him,this paper,through a careful survey of his major novels and short stories,explores the rich variety of aggressive female characters that he created and his deep insight into women’s existence,and identifies him as a male writer struggling to speak for women from a non-feminist standpoint.
文摘David Herbert Lawrence is one of the few male modernists who remain controversial in literary criticism even now.The major point of debate about him is his outlook on women and the relation between the two sexes. This article,through a careful survey of his major novels and short stories, explores a wide range of oppressive female characters that he created and his deep insight into women's existence. Rather than simply demonize women in his fiction, D.H. Lawrence intends to reveal to the reader that women's will to serve, to sacrifice, and to be adored may well evolve into a strong desire to manipulate and monopolize their men. In response the author repeatedly advocates and eulogizes a relationship of spiritual separateness in balance with physical union between the sexes.
