Modern Novel Research - Switch!
Nov. 21st, 2005 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaI'm finding a lot of things on industralism. Which is a viable topic until I realize that it is not one of the issues we covered in class.
How about looking at DH Lawrence and the issue of self-hood?
Commercialization that Lawrence faced certainly has to do with selfhood - being true to himself, and to his roots and sympathies. The focus on the marketplace seems to take away from his vision of accessibility, of artistic viability, especially with the subjects that he writes with.
Connie has to find herself. Mellors is sure of himself. Clifford has lost himself. All of which are a product of the industrialism that occurs around wartime.
Intellectualism != selfhood
Hmmm.
How about looking at DH Lawrence and the issue of self-hood?
Commercialization that Lawrence faced certainly has to do with selfhood - being true to himself, and to his roots and sympathies. The focus on the marketplace seems to take away from his vision of accessibility, of artistic viability, especially with the subjects that he writes with.
Connie has to find herself. Mellors is sure of himself. Clifford has lost himself. All of which are a product of the industrialism that occurs around wartime.
Intellectualism != selfhood
Hmmm.
