D.H.Lawrence英文介绍

THE CREATIVE FEATURES AND THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF LAWRENCE'S WRITING:
The major characteristics of his novel is that he combined social criticism with psychological exploration in his novel writing.
(1) The theme: In his writings, Lawrence has expressed a strong reaction against the mechanical civilization. (2) Lawrence's influence on modern and contemporary English literature: He was one of the first novelists to introduce themes of psychology into his works.
characters
Mother: Gertrude Morel, a strong-willed, refined, middleclass girl Miriam: spiritual
Clara: physical
Oedipus complex Paul’s feeling toward his mother
Other women: physical
Lawrence’s feeling towards his mother
HIS LATER NOVELS
His later novels, which deal more extensively with themes of power, dominance, and leadership; the relationships that men form with one another, are also under exploration. These works include Aaron‘s Rod (1922), Kangaroo (1923), The Plumed Serpent (1926), and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928). In Lady Chatterley's Lover,
Autobiographical novel In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Sons and Lovers ninth on a list of the 100 best novels in English of the 20th century
•Autobiographical novel
D. H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930)
Life
David Herbert Richards Lawrence
Born: 11 September 1885, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire(诺 丁汉郡), England Died: 2 March 1930 (aged 44)Vence, France Father: a barely literate miner Mother: a former schoolmistress
LAWRENCE AS A POET
Lawrence is also a proficient poet. He began his poetry writing very early and wrote quite a large number of poems in his whole career. His poems fall roughly into three categories – satirical and comic poems, poems about human relationships and emotions poems about nature
Lawrence not only condemns the civilized world of mechanism that distorts all natural relationships between men and women, but also advocates a return to nature.

He died of tuberculosis肺结核 in a sanatorium疗养院 in southern France at the age of 44.
2. WORKS

The White Peacock (1911) Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women in love (1920) Aaron’s Rod (1922) Lady Chatterley’ exceptional talent at school Taught course at Nottingham University College Made the debut in the London literary world A turning point for him to become a fulltime author In 1915, a bad time for Lawrence, but he finished Women in Love at wartime conditions. In 1917, moved from one place to another because of poverty In 1926, backed to Europe and published Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1928
similarities
setting
Sons and Lovers
Eestwood, a mining town Father: Mr. Morel, a coal miner
The life of wrence
Eastwood, a mining town Father: Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner Mother: Lydia Beardsall Lawrence, ex-schoolteacher Jessie Chambers: spiritual
LAWRENCE AS A PLAYWRIGHT
Lawrence's three influential plays are known as "the Lawrence trilogy": A Collier's Friday Night矿工周五的夜晚 (1909), The Daughter-in-Law儿媳(1912) and The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyed守寡的霍尔伊德夫人 (1914), What the plays focus on is the direct and violent emotions of the main characters in times of crisis in their married life. The plays are presented with a higher degree of objectivity and detachment than the novels by Lawrence.