D.H. Lawrence: Life, Works, and Themes, Temi di Inglese

Scarica D.H. Lawrence: Life, Works, and Themes e più Temi in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! LIFE AND WORKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • born 1885 in Eastwood • marriage with Lydia Beardsall • death of his brother • story of love with his mother—> “Sons and Lovers” • he met and fell in love with Frieda von Richthofen HIS VIEW OF LIFE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Lawrence is a revolutionary in the English novel • analysis of the relations between the sexes • vision of man: mixture of culture, biology, natural impulses and instinct THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • sex and history are in Lawrence two different aspects of the same reality • the sexual impulse is the strongest THE CONCEPT OF WOMAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • his female characters: heroines, sensitive girls who are aware of the essential “otherness” of their partners, whose intellectual and sexual supremacy they accept STYLE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- • omniscient narrator • the point of view is that of the characters • they are portrayed through the techniques of showing and telling and their feelings are revealed by means of a remarkable variety of rhythm DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Handout- Elisa Brancato – 5ACor.