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D.H. Lawrence's narrators, sources of knowledge, and the problem of coherence.

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From: Criticism
Date: 19950622
Author:Squires, Michael

D.H. Lawrence's fictional narrator poses two problems: coherence and source of knowledge. Because of the shifting perspectives in the narration, the reader becomes lost and confused as to whose feelings or perception is the narrator giving voice to: the narrator's, or the character's? With Lawrence, however, there is no dichotomy between author/character and consequently, text/reader. In his later works, this is more evident. The character's consciousness is extended in outwardly directed spirals to the author-consciousness. These narrative fragmentation, so indiscernible to most readers, are ...

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