Abdelfattah Ali Ghazel
Al Majmaah University,
Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The article explores
masculinity and male domination in D.H Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. It
investigates what might be called gendered sexuality in the novel arguing that
the book is a celebration of masculinity.
Through the cross-class liaison between the aristocratic Constance
Chatterley’s and Oliver Mellors, the game keeper on her husband’s estate,
Lawrence presents us with a tale of male domination and usurpation of the
female subject. The writer employs the
metaphor of colonization whereby the female subject is reconnoitred, conquered
and subdued. The paper follows the
working of the colonization metaphor throughout the novel and concludes that
–within the context of the novel- male domination is liberating for the female
subject.
Keywords: Masculinity, male domination, colonization,
conquest, female subject, liberating
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