A Study Of D.H. Lawrence's Concept Of The Child

D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is one of the most important writers in the history of English literature, and, perhaps, the greatest from a working-class family. During his life-long literary career, he wrote more than ten novels, several volumes of short stories and a large number of poems, prose and critical essays. His ideas and description of sexual love cause a strong earthquake in the world of literature. Nowadays, he is well-known as the writer who brought the explicit sexuality into the English novel.But during his life time, Lawrence also expressed a passionate love for children and children figure in many of his writings, especially in the major novels of his middle period. This thesis elaborates Lawrence's love for children and his unique concept of the child as it is reflected in his novels. A brief introduction to Lawrence's life and his works comes first. Second, the thesis goes on to analyze Lawrence's heritage from the tradition of English literature. Then, it goes further to explore Lawrence's concept of the child. At last, in order to have a thorough understanding of Lawrence's concept of the child, I give a detailed analysis of the most and successful of Lawrence's child characters—Anna Brangwen. In this way, the thesis aims at looking at Lawrence's fiction from a new perspective of child and gaining better understanding of Lawrence's status in English literary history.