Open AccessAn Ecofeminist Interpretation of Sons and Lovers
Author(s) -
Ting Bo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
theory and practice in language studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0692
pISSN - 1799-2591
DOI - 10.17507/tpls.0811.15
Subject(s) - ecofeminism , patriarchy , oppression , humanity , sociology , feminism , harmonious society , resistance (ecology) , instinct , gender studies , civilization , perspective (graphical) , interpretation (philosophy) , industrial civilization , consciousness , environmental ethics , aesthetics , philosophy , political science , law , epistemology , art , ecology , linguistics , china , politics , visual arts , biology
D. H. Lawrence is an influential figure of the 20th century in English literature, and also one of the most controversial writer. This paper mainly analyzes Sons and Lovers from the perspective of ecofeminism, by describing nature and female’s resistance and struggle of their fates, and the decline of the males, it explores the oppression of patriarchy and with the awakening of feminism gradually shakes the male consciousness of patriarchy, it criticizes the deep influence on nature and human society by industrial civilization, so it advocates the anti-industrialization and reconstructs a harmonious society. Finally it stresses the original instinct, advocates the free development of humanity and a harmonious relations between men and nature, men and society.