1、Literature Review A Study of Materialism in Sons and Lovers The novel Sons and Lovers, which is written by David Lawrence, is about the story which happens in the period of industrial revolution in England. The period of industrial revolution brought the benefits of living materials, but at the same
2、 time, it takes with some bad results, such as the depravation of the relationships between people. The relationships between husband and wife, parents and children went to an abnormal situation. People should make clear their real value of life, and not to follow the life which is called destiny. A
3、nd people nowadays should be confident about themselves in each environment. Besides, the writer Lawrence lived in the period of that time, and had lots of thoughts of the influences of industrial revolution on peoples psychology. And he himself was the outcome of the high speed of development as we
4、ll. Nowadays, the high speed of development of modernization brings both benefits and bad results. So the industrial revolution is a mirror to the present situation. Researches of the influences of industrial revolution provide suggestions. The book Modern British Society and Culture is one of the r
5、eferences of the essay. It concludes the geography, history, political system, government, laws and judiciary, education, faith, economic and some other basic details of Britain. In the description of history, it introduces the start, the process of development and the end of the industrial revoluti
6、on of Britain. As the essay is studied to do researches on the materialism view on Sons and Lovers is. And Sons and Lovers is a story of a family in the period of industrial revolution to reflect the materialism. So the book, which is based on the background of Britain, has the very close relation w
7、ith the novel which is studied on. Besides, the book depicts the daily life of Britain and the change of the old Britain and the modern Britain. Through the contrast, it is easier to find the difference of the life before the revolution and after the revolution. And it supplies the specific details
8、for the topic discussion. Compared with the other one book, wihich is related to modern society in Britain, Contenporary British Society gives good examples of the changes of Britain. And the similar The History of the Modern World describes the modern world with real examples and compare the past w
9、ith the modern world and gets some useful opinions. The book Biography of Lawrence is about both the lifetime of the author Lawrence of Sons and Lovers and comments on some of his writings. It describes the turbulence of Lawrences life. Lawrence lived in a family which was distorted. In his family,
10、he lived a life with mothers shrill argument and fathers crude mans sound and curse words which were mixed together. In such a home, his body was weak and his mind is sensitive and he had rich insight and was excellent for memory controlled by a mothers love. Under this kind of situation, he couldnt
11、 have an optimistic attitude and a normal sense of worth on love. At the same time, it tells the relation of the authors experience and the novel. In the novel, it has the shadow of the authors childhood and youth. So the experience of the author is very useful to be discussed. The book Dorf und Sta
12、dt is a professional book wihch is written by Gremany authors. It is written from the angle of history in the over view to European peoples daily life in the 16th-18th century. The main content is about villages and cities in this world. In this book, farmers and merchants, the handicraftsmen and th
13、eir trade council, celebration, customs, public life and the power of the state are vividly described. Early modern times that “old empire” period of culture and daily life can put it as cultural history and daily life in Europe a model. At that time, the modern development direction had been establ
14、ished, and the development is a kind of being open. It is in the process of development of imagination after it is limited. A major problem is the ambivalence in the modern society, that is, the initial relationship of traditional and modern views of the industrial age. The book Basic Concepts of Ma
15、terialism tells the concept of materialism that “materialism is the idea that everything is either made only of matter or is ultimately dependent upon matter for its existence and nature. It is possible for a philosophy to be materialistic and still accord spirit a (secondary or dependent) place, bu
16、t most forms of materialism tend to reject the existence of spirit or anything non-physical.” This concept is closely related to the topic discussion of the essay. Many things can be reflected as what the concept says. It is the core concept of the essay. And the concept can be used as theoretical b
17、asis. Another similar book Concepts of Materialism provides many details of materialism. These two books make the core concept strong. Based on these materials, the essay has abundant sources of theoretical basis to be relied on, such as book about materialism; and reasonable items to be discussed,
18、such as, the book on British history and life. These books are references of the study and offer delicate examples or evidences. With the help of these references, the study can be discussed from a more objective perspective angle. References 1Abercrombie. N. Contenporary British Society M.Cambridge
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