Modern Novel & D.H. Lawrence
Modern Novel & D. H. Lawrence
Modern English novels The first three decades of 20th century were golden years of the modernist novel. In stimulating the technical innovations of novel creation,the theory of the Freudian and Jungian psycho-analysis played a particularly important role
Modern English novels ❖ The first three decades of 20th century were golden years of the modernist novel. ❖ In stimulating the technical innovations of novel creation, the theory of the Freudian and Jungian psycho-analysis played a particularly important role
the notion multiple levels of consciousness existed simultaneously in the human mind. one's present was the sum of his past, present and future. the whole truth about human beings existed in the unique,isolated,and private world of each individual
the notion ❖ multiple levels of consciousness existed simultaneously in the human mind. ❖ one’s present was the sum of his past, present and future. ❖ the whole truth about human beings existed in the unique, isolated, and private world of each individual
writers concentrated all their efforts on digging into the human consciousness Dorothy Richardson James Joyce Virginia Woolf
❖ writers concentrated all their efforts on digging into the human consciousness Dorothy Richardson James Joyce Virginia Woolf
They had created unprecedented stream-of- consciousness novels such as Pilgrimage by Richardson Ulysses(1922)by Joyce Mrs.Dalloway (1925)by Woolf
❖ They had created unprecedented stream-ofconsciousness novels such as Pilgrimage by Richardson Ulysses (1922) by Joyce Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Woolf
One of the remarkable features of their writings was their continuous experimentation on new and sophisticated techniques in novel writing,which made tremendous impacts on the creation of both realistic and modernist novels in this century
❖ One of the remarkable features of their writings was their continuous experimentation on new and sophisticated techniques in novel writing, which made tremendous impacts on the creation of both realistic and modernist novels in this century
Major modernists James Joyce E.M.Forster D.H.Lawrence DEITY V.Woolf MODERNISTS
Major modernists ❖ James Joyce ❖ E. M. Forster ❖ D. H. Lawrence ❖ V. Woolf
James Joyce the most outstanding stream-of- consciousness novelist in Ulysses,his encyclopedia-like masterpiece, Joyce presents a fantastic picture of the disjointed,illogical,illusory,and mental- emotional life of Leopold Bloom,who becomes the symbol of everyman in the post- World-War-I Europe
James Joyce ❖ the most outstanding stream-ofconsciousness novelist ❖ in Ulysses, his encyclopedia-like masterpiece, Joyce presents a fantastic picture of the disjointed, illogical, illusory, and mentalemotional life of Leopold Bloom, who becomes the symbol of everyman in the postWorld-War-I Europe
E.M.Forster In the works of E.M.Forster and D.H. Lawrence,old traditions are still there but their subject matter about human relationships and their symbolic or psychological presentations of the novel are entirely modern
E. M. Forster ❖ In the works of E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence, old traditions are still there ❖ but their subject matter about human relationships and their symbolic or psychological presentations of the novel are entirely modern
Forster's masterpiece,A Passage to India (1924),is a novel of decidedly symbolist aspirations,in which the author set up, within a realistic story,a fable of moral significance that implies a highly mystical, symbolic view of life,death,human relationship,and the relationship of man with the infinite universe
❖ Forster's masterpiece, A Passage to India (1924), is a novel of decidedly symbolist aspirations, in which the author set up, within a realistic story, a fable of moral significance that implies a highly mystical, symbolic view of life, death, human relationship, and the relationship of man with the infinite universe