the feminine tragedy in sons and lovers《儿子与情人》的女性悲.doc

The Feminine Tragedy in Sons and Lovers

《儿子与情人》的女性悲剧


Abstract

    David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence (1885-1930) is one of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century in the world. He had written many famous novels during his twenty years’ writing. A great number of scholars in the western countries or domestic are focusing on researching Lawrence and his works for many years. Sons and Lovers is his excellent representative work. This novel made Lawrence famous quickly, and him and his works popular. Many scholars tend to research and analyse the Oedipul complex between Paul and his mother, Mrs. Morel. In this novel, there are three tragic females worth paying attention to. They are: Mrs. Morel, Miriam and Clara. The thesis focuses on the females and describes three tragic females’ different experiences and misfortune, and analyses the differences of their characters. In addition, the thesis analyses the factors which lead to the tragedies of those three females: the effect by the domination of the men-androcentrism; the characters of themselves and so on. They work together and lead to the tragedies of themselves. It implies the fact that: at the beginning of 20th century, females were desired to be free and independent, they brave to fight for their equal rights with men, but not totally reach the aim no matter how hard they try. The three females were filled with tragedies and pains during their lifetime.
  
    Key words: female, tragedy, enlightenment
  

《儿子与情人》的女性悲剧

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摘要
    D.H.劳伦斯（1885-1930）是20世纪最伟大的英语小说家之一。在他大约二十年的写作生涯中创作了许多著名的小说作品。很多国内外学者对于劳伦斯及其他作品的研究已经很长时间了。《儿子与情人》是劳伦斯一部很出色的小说，这部小说使劳伦斯一夜成名，他和他的作品开始受到广泛关注。很多学者趋向于研究小说中男主人公保罗及其母亲——莫瑞尔夫人间的俄狄浦斯情节，即恋母情节。但是这部小说中的三位悲剧女性：莫瑞尔夫人、米莉安和克拉拉同样也值得关注。本文描述三位悲剧女性的不同性格和经历，分析导致她们悲剧命运的原因：父权制度的影响，这是一个最主要的原因；她们本身所具有的性格特征也是一个重要因素。两者结合在一起共同导致了她们的悲剧。从中也可以看出，20世纪初，女性对于自由与独立的向往与追求，她们认为应该享有与男人一样平等的权利，所以她们勇敢地为谋取自身权利而斗争。但是无论多么努力，最后都不能取得完全的胜利。《儿子与情人》中的三位女性，在她们的一生中都充满了悲剧和痛苦，是这些为自身利益而斗争的女性们中的代表。

    关键词：女性，悲剧，启示

Contents

1. Introduction 1
1.1 About David Herbert Lawrence 1
1.2 About Sons and Lovers 2
1.3 Literature Review 3
2. Analysis of the Characters of Three Females 5
2.1 The Experience and Character of Mrs. Morel 5
2.2 The Experience and Character of Miriam 6
2.3 The Experience and Character of Clara 8
3. Analysis the Tragedies of the Three Females 9
3.1 The Tragedy of Mrs. Morel 10
3.2 The Tragedy of Miriam 12
3.3 The Tragedy of Clara 14
3.4 The Enlightenment Brought by Three Women 16
4. Conclusion 18
Bibliography 20
Acknowledgements 21