The paper offers a simple analysis of D*H* Lawrence’s four short novels written in the period of the European war so that we can fully appreciate the writer’s implications: The 1st is to warn people that war will do great harm to both sides and war will bring devastating disaster; The 2nd is to tell people that modern civilization is on the edge of collapse. Modern people must renew his life like a phoenix in order to create a new civilization.%劳伦斯欧战年代的四个短篇小说具有两个弦外之音:一是提醒人们战争意味着两败俱伤,战争带来的灾难是毁灭性的;二是表明现代文明已濒临崩溃,“现代人必须重生——像凤凰一样重新获得生命,才能创造出新的文明。”
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