Post-modern Tendency: The Uncertainty in The Rainbow

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10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.196How to use a DOI?

Keywords

post-modern; uncertainty; ambiguity; paradox

Abstract

Research on D.H. Lawrence’s works has mainly been focusing on his depiction of sexual love so far, but few turns to his post-modern tendency--uncertain and ambiguous attitudes to sex, if not none. With regard to this point, the paper is to propose this in one of his representative works, The Rainbow. The uncertainty and ambiguity are discussed in three major parts for the three pairs. Lawrence’s pursuit of ideal harmony and balance between two genders, while female superiority and male superiority appear alternatively, which discloses his uncertainty conspicuously. What’s more, Lawrence’s phallus advocate and his feminism form a paradoxical contradiction, showing properly his uncertainty in The Rainbow.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018)
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