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1、WomeninLove演讲者——周熊波科英08—02班WomeninLoveAuthorD.H.LawrenceGenreRomancePublisherThomasSeltzerPublicationdate1920Pages536pp(firsteditionhardcover)In 1998,the ModernLibrary rankedWomeninLove49thonitslistofthe 100bestEnglish-languagenovelsofthe20thcentury.AswithmostofLawrence'sworks,WomeninLovecaused
2、controversyoveritssexualsubjectmatter.Oneearlyreviewersaidofit,"Idonotclaimtobealiterarycritic,butIknowdirtwhenIsmellit,andhereisdirtinheaps—festering,putridheapswhichsmelltohighHeaven."PlotsummaryUrsulaandGudrunBrangwenaretwosisterslivingintheMidlandsofEnglandinthe1910s.Ursulaisateacher,Gudrun
3、anartist.Theymeettwomenwholivenearby,schoolinspectorRupertBirkinandcoal-mineheirGeraldCrich.Thefourbecomefriends.UrsulaandBirkinbecomeinvolved,andGudruneventuallybeginsaloveaffairwithGerald.Allfouraredeeplyconcernedwithquestionsofsociety,politics,andtherelationshipbetweenmenandwomen.AtapartyatG
4、erald'sestate,Gerald'ssisterDianadrowns.Gudrunbecomestheteacherandmentorofhisyoungestsister.SoonGerald'scoal-mine-owningfatherdiesaswell,afteralongillness.Afterthefuneral,GeraldgoestoGudrun'shouseandspendsthenightwithher,whileherparentssleepinanotherroom.BirkinasksUrsulatomarryhim,andsheagrees.
5、GeraldandGudrun'srelationship,however,becomesstormy.ThefourvacationintheAlps.GudrunbeginsanintensefriendshipwithLoerke,aphysicallypunybutemotionallycommandingartistfrom Dresden.Gerald,enragedbyLoerke,byGudrun'sverbalabuse,andbyhisowndestructivenature,triestomurderGudrun.Afterfailing,heretreatsb
6、ackoverthemountainsandfallstohisdeathinthesnow.读者评论观点1:比爱更远读者1:香理(我是一只沉在水底的鱼)伯金的身体、气质及他的精神象一个磁场,吸引着他身边的女性,他亲近她们,跟她们谈话聊一些类似哲学的问题,他融入她们又和她们保持一重距离,但是他不能明确地给予任何一个期待他的女人以爱情,他对厄秀拉说他的爱是超越任何感情关系的,永远不会与什么相合,他在别人那里给的和要的都不是爱,它是某种超人性的、更加艰难、更加罕见的东西。他爱的和要的不是一个具体的人,可能只是一种状态。但这种状态里有友情和爱情的温暖,而他自己并不攫取与付出,只感受这个氛围
7、。它是超越的爱,或者是自私的但无求更多的爱。 伯金要的是一种超脱世俗无所束缚的自由之爱。厄秀拉不能理解这种爱的解释,觉得他很无聊、无信。伯金邀请她姐妹俩约会但却对她说:“我并不想看你。我见得女人太多了,我对于看她们感到厌倦了。我需要一个不用我看的女人。我在你不知道自己存在的地方寻找你,我要寻找那个尘世的你,全然否定的你。我并不需要你的漂亮长相,我不需要你那番女人的情感,我不需要你的思想,意见,也不需要你的观念,这些对我来说都不重要。”伯金太容