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PRIMITIVISM IN THE NOVELS OF D.H. LAWRENCE

ABSTRACT

Primitivism is a belief in the value of what is simple and unsophisticated, expressed as a philosophy of life through art or literature. Primitivism is the distinct part of Lawrence’s novels. Lawrence tries to stimulate the use of primitivism with numbness in modern industrial society, alienation reconstruction of a harmonious and natural human survival mode. This paper argues that Lawrence as a modern writer with rich creative vision return to the original spirit. Lawrence trying to respect primitivism in his works and aimed at construction the depravity of human nature and personality of the modern industrial society, reconstruction of the destroyed civilisation. Lawrence characters try to seek spaces beyond the perimeter of imperial civilisation. His major primitivist works are Women In Love and The Plumed Serpent.

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