Modern Social Science Research

Lawrences Women in Love was written during the Industrial Revolution, when the advanced industrial civilization brought convenience to peoples lives and the rapid development of science and technology, but at the same time, the abuse of science and technology deteriorated the relationship between human beings and nature as well as between human beings. The novel vividly presents the natural environmental problems, the crisis of social relations and the spiritual alienation of people in the process of the development of capitalist society. The novel centers on the emotional entanglements of two pairs of lovers - the mining magnate Gerald and the artist Gudrun, and the inspector Birkin and the schoolteacher Ursula, reflecting the relationship between man and nature, between man and man, and the alienation of peoples self-spirit. This paper intends to use the ecological trichotomy of ecocriticisms Lu Shuyuan, through theoretical elaboration, textual close reading and empirical discussion, to analyze Women in Love in depth, and to explore the ecological thoughts and values embedded in the novel from the three dimensions of natural ecology, social ecology, and spiritual ecology, so as to arouse peoples attention to the reconstruction of nature, society, and spirituality.

Women in Love; Ecocriticism; Natural ecology; Social ecology; Spiritual ecology