Europe and America in novels 'The Plumed Serpent' and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by David Herbert Lawrence

master's thesis

• Author: Marina Metelko
• Mentor: Sven Cvek (mentor)
• Committee member: Jelena Šesnić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-11, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

Examining the representation of Europe and America in the last two major novels written by British Modernist author David Herbert Lawrence, 'The Plumed Serpent' completed in 1925 set in Mexico and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' completed in 1928 set in rural England, the work explores radical cosmopoietic projects of each novel as they attempt to reclaim the human body from socially sanctioned abuses of industrial modernity. With modern warfare being a manifestation of industrial modernity, both novels deal with the process of resolving the trauma of the First World War and social conflict plaguing the troubled global modernity of the 1920s.

Abstract (croatian)

Tema rada je reprezentacija Europe i Amerike u romanima 'Pernata Zmija' (1925) i 'Ljubavnik Lady Chatterley' (1928) Davida Herberta Lawrencea kao predstavnika britanskog modernizma. Proučavajući radikalne kozmopoeze ovih književnih djela, u njihovu pokušaju simboličke obnove ljudskog tijela nakon raznih zloporaba kojima je izloženo u industrijskom modernitetu, te osobito modernoj mašineriji rata kao jednoj od najekstremnijih, rad analizira književne strategije procesuiranja traume Prvog svjetskog rata i pratećih društvenih sukoba, koji opterećuju globalni modernitet dvadesetih godina prošlog stoljeća.

• Keywords: D.H. Lawrence; Europe; America; Modernism; cosmopoiesis
• Keywords (croatian): D.H. Lawrence; Europa; Amerika; modernizam; kozmopoeza
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:219111
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (single major); specializations in: TEFL, Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-13 10:07:37