著者

渡辺 本江

出版者

山村学園短期大学

雑誌

山村女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:09158294)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.1, pp.69-90, 1989-12-04

著者

岩村 清太

出版者

山村学園短期大学

雑誌

山村女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:09158294)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, pp.85-107, 1995-12-04

著者

大本 憲夫

出版者

山村学園短期大学

雑誌

山村女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:09158294)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.5, pp.55-83, 1993-12-04

著者

竹岡 千代

出版者

山村学園短期大学

雑誌

山村女子短期大学紀要 (ISSN:09158294)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.39-52, 1992-12-04

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The purpose of this essay is to show the reasons why Cathcart was not able to build his utopia. Cathcart was afraid of or escaped from "the spirit of place", the temporal reversibility and spatial changeability, "physical self" and nature, all of which belong to the irrational field and has lain under the modern rationalism since the Western modern society was formed. In spite of his escape from the modern society Cathcart cannot help sticking to the rational view of world, nor can he step into the irrational field as sanctuary. His indecisive attitude turned his utopia into the modern society in miniature. When he finally stepped into the irrational dark field "without his own choice", he was driven mad by despair. It is evident that neither of the fields could be his utopia and the limit of utopianism is thought as that of rationalist. Cathcart is in the same desperate situation as Lawrence had been placed. The process of Cathcart's failure also shows us the reasons why Lawrence's utopia didn't come true.