| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 西洋語文研究所 === 83 === D. H. Lawrence, one of the most famous writers in thetieth
century, is well known for his oedipal conflict expressed in
his literary works. In my thesis, I have attemptedpresent
Lawrence's oedipal frustration by comparing with theoedipal
pattern in some of Grimms' fairy tales. In order to connect the
oedipal significance in fairy tales with Lawrence's personal
oedipal confusion, I have discussed the possibility of the
fairy tales in recording a child's oedipal desire mainly based
on the theory of Freud. Then, I depict the particular way of
soothing a child's oedipal intensity in fairy tales by
examining Bettelheim's theory. According to Bettelheim and
Tolkien, killing a wild monster or a wicked female figure to
gain a happy life with a fair lady means to release a child's
oedipal disturbance. However, in contrast to a child-reader
Lawrence does not succeed in relaxing his oedipal tension
fromich he suffers painfully. In order to demostrate the
factorsawrence's oedipal failure, I have analyzed Lawrence's
disappointed male characters, Harry in The Merry-Go-Round andul
in Sons and Lovers whom I compare with the happy heroes in
Grimms' fairy tales. In the first chapter, I affirm Lawrence's
oedipal fixation to his mother. In the second chapter, I
indicate the relationship between Lawrence and fairy tales and
the symbolic oedipal pattern in fairy tales. In the third
chapter, I show Harry's oedipa frustration actually resulted
from Mrs Hemstock's jealous rejection, Harry's dependent
character and the non-existence of a father type. In the
fourth chapter, I analyze Grimms' "Briar Rose" on an oedipal
level to illustrate and stress Paul's oedipal pain. The fifth
chapter is my conclusion.
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