Fictionality and Reality Intertwined in D. H. Lawrence's St. Mawr and The Man Who Died

Isaac Ezoulé Miézan KANGAH

Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères – Numéro 8 (2015) Page(s) 117 - 134 ISSN 2076-6130

D. H. Lawrence, a man of a creative genius has woven intricate pattern out of his fictional writings and left an indelible mark in the literary world. He is pre- eminently an artist who has an aesthetic sense and thus fact and fiction are inextricably intertwined in his short stories among which we can cite St. Mawr And The Man Who Died. Lawrence’s characters strive to express themselves and thus, a conflict takes place; their inner passions drive them to action and this provides Lawrence, ‘reality’ at multiple levels. Lawrence, by exploring his characters at these levels of realism frees and matures his art and makes it flexible and capable of making immense development. Besides, one of Lawrence’s narrative trends is to take into account the reader. The reader’s expectation from fiction is to see it crea 118

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Isaac Ezoulé Miézan KANGAH. « Fictionality and Reality Intertwined in D. H. Lawrence's St. Mawr and The Man Who Died ». Revue Ivoirienne de Langues Étrangères, Numéro 8, 2015, p. 117. ISSN 2076-6130.