The contemplation over existence has always been a major motif in Virginia Woolfs literary creation, in which she struggled with the need to find significance and beauty in the transient living experience. With an int...The contemplation over existence has always been a major motif in Virginia Woolfs literary creation, in which she struggled with the need to find significance and beauty in the transient living experience. With an inter-textual analysis of her renowned novel Mrs. Dalloway, this thesis makes a tentative exploration into the writer＇s consciousness of existence and its influence on the characters＇ personalities and their spirit of life and death, as well as the ultimate understanding of the transparency, fragility and ecstasy of human existence.展开更多
文摘The contemplation over existence has always been a major motif in Virginia Woolfs literary creation, in which she struggled with the need to find significance and beauty in the transient living experience. With an inter-textual analysis of her renowned novel Mrs. Dalloway, this thesis makes a tentative exploration into the writer＇s consciousness of existence and its influence on the characters＇ personalities and their spirit of life and death, as well as the ultimate understanding of the transparency, fragility and ecstasy of human existence.
