Analysing Lawrence and the theme of gender and sexuality in Women in Love

Abstract

The paper aims at analysing the Lawrence and the role of gender and sexuality in his select novel Women in Love (1920). The novel is a piece of twentieth century work and is written at the backdrop of modernist movement and is categorised as a modernist text. The study demonstrates the portrayal of man and woman characters against the backdrop of modernism and explores the theme of homosexuality evident in the novel. Lawrence's Women in Love (1920) is all about triumphal masculinise over the female submissiveness. Lawrence here, embrace personification of a New Women but in the different light as portrayed his contemporary Mrs. Woolf. Also understanding Lawrence's struggle with his own sexual desires and analysing how his thoughts are evidently reflected in the characters. My aim is to critique the roles given to men and women in his novel Women in Love (1920) and understanding the theme of homosexuality portrayed in the novel.