The Role that Dialect Plays in Deepening the Theme of D. H. Lawrence’s Works

Abstract

Dialect comes from life. As a remarkable feature of D. H. Lawrence’s works, the use of dialect shouldn’t be neglected. The use of dialect plays an important role in deepening the themes of D. H. Lawrence’s works, including both his novels and his poems. It is of great necessity and importance to conduct studies in the dialect in D. H. Lawrence’s works. Letting the characters in his works reveal the social problems hidden behind the words through their own words is one of the creative writing methods of Lawrence and also one of the linguistic features of Lawrence’s works. This paper intends to analyze the concrete roles that dialect plays in D. H. Lawrence’s works in detail and tries to probe into the social problems hidden behind the dialects.