| dc.description.abstract | Lawrence allegedly narrates his Sons and Lovers departed from the
experiences he runs. He appears some figures of women like Lady Beardsal,
Louis Burrow and Jessie Chambers to inspire Paul Morel’s mother, Miriam and
Clara within the novel. Departed from this finding, I search the relation between
his work and women surround him. However, women have unintentionally
formed his paradigm toward the world that becomes the space of battlefield in the
beginning of 20th century. Lawrence construe the possibility to achieve a
balancing point demanded for a better life. He starts asking the imbalance
condition focused between men and women.
Aristotle’s mimetic theory is applied to see how the figure of women in
Lawrence’s real life manifested in his novel and how Sons and Lovers becomes an
alternative form to disclose Lawrence’s individual feeling. Aristotle once states
that all human actions are mimetic and that men learn through imitation (Aristotle,
1902:18).
This study is conducted in several phases. At the first, I compile, classify,
and verify the data from Flame into Being. The Life and Work of D. H. Lawrence
and D. H. Lawrence: A Personal Record to see the real life of D.H Lawrence
related to women surround him. The first step results information about the
position of women in his real life and his novel. However, it is not absolute
manifestation that means there is Lawrence’s imagination to construe his reality.
Therefore, there is always some moments that look different from his social life.
Meanwhile, the thesis does not research the sameness and the difference between
D.H Lawrence’s social life and his novel. It goes further by analyzing Lawrence’s
imagination and motive to write his masterpiece as an alternative way to release
his feeling resulted in catharsis. Therefore, the second step is gathering
information and data from Aristotle’s Poetic to show D.H Lawrence creative
process in re-creating the reality into the world of imagination in the novel. This
step results a portrait of his ability to conceive his reality. The novel is the
alternative way and the escapism from social burden to treat women he knows in
his life.
Sons and Lovers discloses his all ideas about the ideal position for men
and women that many people in the beginning of 20th contrastingly always
maintain the orthodox values in England. The tragedy happens when the main
character, Paul morel, cannot cope with the three women. His feeling becomes
hollow. What happens then is a kind of tragedy from immature man who does not
find his true love. Lawrence indeed transforms this fear and pity into an
aesthetical work. | en_US |
