抄録
Lawrence's use of the motif of the Sleeping Beauty in‘The Princess’(the story of a white virgin raped by a Mexican man) has been often pointed out by critics. H. T. Moore, for example, regards the story as a‘reversal’of the fairy tale. This paper attempts to explore the fundamental reason for the heroine's catastrophic result. In the analysis of the story, the paper introduces a new concept of‘raciality’. The consideration of the complex relationship between discourses of sexuality and raciality will make it clear that the principal factor in the tragedy of the Princess lies in the. savage‘raciality’, not sadistic sexuality, of the Mexican man. The discussion then goes on to a critical analysis of the problems of stereotype and projection. In concluding, the paper argues that the tragedy of Lawrence's Sleeping Beauty means not her being raped by a man but her being raped by a non-white man.
