Langues, discours et inter cultures
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 11-36
2025-12-31
The Novel As Philosophical Practice: Oneness, Isolation, And The Question Of Being In D. H. Lawrence And E. M. Forster
Authors : Belazouz Asma .
Abstract
This paper explores how the novel transforms fiction into a site of philosophical reflection on being, authenticity, and ethical renewal. It examines the intersection of literature and philosophy through D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow (1915) and E. M. Forster’s Howards End (1910) who employ narrative as a medium to reflect on metaphysical questions. Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time and C. G. Jung’s theories of archetypes and individuation, the study argues that Lawrence and Forster present literature as a mode of practicing philosophy rather than merely illustrating it. In The Rainbow, Lawrence reclaims the unity of spirit and matter through Tom Brangwen’s experience of oneness, a metaphysical awakening that aligns with Heidegger’s concept of Dasein. In Howards End, Forster dramatizes the ethical and existential fragmentation of modern England, proposing reconnection and isolation as pathways to restore meaning. Both authors respond to the crisis of modernity by returning to the inner self and to nature, portraying isolation not as despair but as a space of reflection and regeneration. By situating these novels within a philosophical tradition that unites Eastern and Western metaphysical thought, the paper reveals literature’s capacity to enact rather than theorize human understanding. It affirms that in Lawrence and Forster, the novel becomes a philosophical practice, an art of living and thinking that redefines the relation between knowledge, ethics, and being.
Keywords
Being ; Heidegger ; Oneness ; Social Isolation ; Philosophy and Literature
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