GYANODAYA - The Journal of Progressive Education
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Oepidus complex in the novel of D.H. Lawrance

  • Author:
  • Vibha Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 64 to 68

Assistant Professor, Mahabir College of Education, Kurukshetra University, Haryana

Online published on 15 April, 2013.

Abstract

D.H. Lawrance is one of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century. During his life long literary career, he has written more than ten novels and several volumes of short stories. Being a great novelist, he is also a great poet, combative essayist, an atmospheric travel writer prolific literary correspondent. His true greatness lies in his novels on which his reputation rests. His sons and lovers is considered as one of the most innovative novels of the 20th century. In the book, the extremely emotions given by the protagonist Paul to his mother is a brilliant illustration of Doctor Freud's psychological theory of “Oedipus Complex”. There are eight parts in this paper. The First part gives an introduction of the author David Herbert Richard Lawrance. The second part contains the detail “Sons and Lovers” The third part contains the detail of general review of Oedipus complex. The fourth part contains the detail of Oedipus Complex in 21st Century. The fifth part contains the effect of Oedipus complex. The sixth part contains the detail of Paul's Oedipus complex. The seventh part contains the details of the factors caused Paul's Oedipus complex. The last part contains the conclusion with references.

Keywords

Oedipus Complex, Atmospheric Travel, Literary, Emotions