The Evolution of Subjectivity in Colonial Discourse in Lawrence's Mexican Novels
by Luoxuan
About This Novel
Since the rise of postcolonial theory, academic circles have been using the master-slave relationship to interpret the subject construction in the postcolonial context. More recent research has realized that subjectivity is a spectrum of continuous change. Scholars no longer use keywords such as "hegemony" and "invasion" to interpret the historical impact of colonialism, but use "contradiction" and "ambiguity" to illustrate the two-way effect of power. Lawrence's four novels set in Mexico describe the inner psychological conflicts of the protagonists, and the narrative clues are also relatively complex, which exactly reflects the changes in subjectivity in the border state. This is also the important value of these novels that was ignored earlier. This book discusses the body, space, religion and social organization respectively, explaining the profound impact of the confrontation and dialogue between the subject and the other on identity.
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