象征艺术手法是劳伦斯小说创作的有力武器,用以呈现人物细腻、复杂、无意识的精神和心理活动。劳伦斯在中篇小说《狐》中选用狐狸这一动物形象作为中心象征物,以此中心象征物推动情节的发展,形成小说的节奏并表达了作者的主题动机。狐狸这一主题的象征意象的使用既具有主题性又具有结构性,而隐伏在狐狸及其他关键意象后的是贯穿劳伦斯创作始终的二元论的哲学思想。 Symbolic artistry is a powerful weapon in Lawrence’s novels to present delicate, complex and unconscious mental and psychological activities. Lawrence chose the animal image of the fox as a central symbol in his novel Fox, and as a symbol of the center, Lawrence promoted the development of the plot, formed the rhythm of the novel and expressed the motivation of the author. The use of the symbolic image of the subject of the fox is both thematic and the structural. The hidden foxes and other key images are the philosophical ideas that have always run through Lawrence’s dualism.