Virginia Woolf’s seventh novel,The Waves,first published by the Hogarth Press in 1931,is widely regarded as her most experimental piece of writing.The complex and elusive structure of the work,the least representatio...Virginia Woolf’s seventh novel,The Waves,first published by the Hogarth Press in 1931,is widely regarded as her most experimental piece of writing.The complex and elusive structure of the work,the least representational among Woolf’s novels,challenges the reader’s assumptions about the inner and the outer world.In the absence of a substantial story,of a convincing plot and well-defined characters,the reader is called upon to search for a deeper coherence and more profound meanings.Indeed,in The Waves the modernist writer strives for a fresh way of expressing a vision of wholeness in a broken world.The present article attempts to reread Woolf’s self-conscious novel in the double perspective of separation and reunion,of dispersal and recomposition.A close reading of selected passages will show how the poetics of fragmentation and the poetics of wholeness coexist in Woolf’s narrative,pervading the imagery and the symbols of the text.In more than one sense,the dialectic between division and unity,fragmentation and wholeness can be identified as the structuring force of the novel;most tellingly,this textual dynamism is reflected in the oscillatory motion of the waves,continuously breaking and merging.展开更多
A Room of One’s Own is a masterpiece by Virginia Woolf, which describes her understanding of literary creation and the issue of women and fiction. The content of this book is based on Woolf’s two speeches at Cambrid...A Room of One’s Own is a masterpiece by Virginia Woolf, which describes her understanding of literary creation and the issue of women and fiction. The content of this book is based on Woolf’s two speeches at Cambridge, with the theme of “Women and fiction.” Through the analysis of the history and current situation of female literary creation, the paper points out that women should have the courage and right to fight for independent economic power and social status. “Oxbridge” is a combined term of Oxford and Cambridge, and Oxbridge pictures dominate the first chapter of A Room of One’s Own, which are the focus of this paper. Through a detailed analysis of the different indoor and outdoor pictures of Oxbridge, including nature, landscape, humanistic architecture and the “pictures” imagined in the narrator’s mind, this paper discusses the existence of Victorian women and Woolf’s feminist thoughts so as to provide possible implications for the social survival of contemporary women. The study is also concerned with Woolf’s Eco-feminism, stream of consciousness and other artistic skills.展开更多
This paper made comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Virginia Woolf's essay characteristics,mainly manifested in the following aspects:first,focuses on analyzing how Woolf deals with the relationship betwe...This paper made comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Virginia Woolf's essay characteristics,mainly manifested in the following aspects:first,focuses on analyzing how Woolf deals with the relationship between readers and herself; second,makes a detailed analysis of Woolf's literary criticism essays; third part is about the feminist thoughts in her essays. And it is expected that it can offer the readers a new angle and help them achieve a better understanding in appreciating Woolf's essays,even her novels.展开更多
Mrs.Dalloway is one of the famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is perceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith are the two pr...Mrs.Dalloway is one of the famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is perceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith are the two protagonists in this novel.From analyzing the relationship of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith in terms of the meaning of life and death,this thesis aims to explore the author's and the protagonists' inner conflicts and the significance of life and death.展开更多
Mrs.Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are two famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is conceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Mrs.Ramsay are the t...Mrs.Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are two famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is conceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Mrs.Ramsay are the two female protagonists in the two novels.From analyzing the similarities in terms of personality and psychology by using feminism as the theoretical basis,this thesis aims to explore the author's and the protagonists'paradoxical psychology-inner hope versus reality,and to help women liberate from the patriarchal society.展开更多
As a stream-of-consciousness novelist,Woolf is usually seen as being far away from social and political reality.This thesis attempts to apply Ethical Literary Criticism to analyze by rereading the text in detail in or...As a stream-of-consciousness novelist,Woolf is usually seen as being far away from social and political reality.This thesis attempts to apply Ethical Literary Criticism to analyze by rereading the text in detail in order to explore the ethical thinking embodied in Woolf's Mrs.Dalloway,exploring those ethical connotations usually ignored by former critics and scholars.展开更多
As an outstanding modernist female writer in the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf appeals for women's liberation in literary productions. Focusing on her most significant feminist criticism A Room of One...As an outstanding modernist female writer in the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf appeals for women's liberation in literary productions. Focusing on her most significant feminist criticism A Room of One's Own, especially on the argument "It is useless to go to the great men writers for help . . . a man's sentence . . . was unsuited for a woman's use", this essay attempts to explore how Woolf searches for language and literary forms more suited for women writers in patriarchal society, and in what ways modernist language and literary form have been shaped by the motives for innovation in Woolf's works. Shaping and being shaped by the trend of modernism, Woolf's assertion of androgynous mind and her unique stream-of-consciousness techniques make contribution to modernist female writing.展开更多
This paper studies a short fiction of Virginia Woolf The Mark on the Wall.Woolf held the literary theory "moments of being" and believed that the moments ordinary enough in itself had an extraordinary effect...This paper studies a short fiction of Virginia Woolf The Mark on the Wall.Woolf held the literary theory "moments of being" and believed that the moments ordinary enough in itself had an extraordinary effect on people's imagination.Based on many diaries,essays and fictions of Woolf,and the related literature review,this paper analyzes the "moments of being" represented in The Mark on the Wall.It's is found that the moments of being are truth of being,both the external word and inner world.Woolf catches her mind sparks,seeks the truth and free thinking in each moment during her life.展开更多
文摘Virginia Woolf’s seventh novel,The Waves,first published by the Hogarth Press in 1931,is widely regarded as her most experimental piece of writing.The complex and elusive structure of the work,the least representational among Woolf’s novels,challenges the reader’s assumptions about the inner and the outer world.In the absence of a substantial story,of a convincing plot and well-defined characters,the reader is called upon to search for a deeper coherence and more profound meanings.Indeed,in The Waves the modernist writer strives for a fresh way of expressing a vision of wholeness in a broken world.The present article attempts to reread Woolf’s self-conscious novel in the double perspective of separation and reunion,of dispersal and recomposition.A close reading of selected passages will show how the poetics of fragmentation and the poetics of wholeness coexist in Woolf’s narrative,pervading the imagery and the symbols of the text.In more than one sense,the dialectic between division and unity,fragmentation and wholeness can be identified as the structuring force of the novel;most tellingly,this textual dynamism is reflected in the oscillatory motion of the waves,continuously breaking and merging.
文摘A Room of One’s Own is a masterpiece by Virginia Woolf, which describes her understanding of literary creation and the issue of women and fiction. The content of this book is based on Woolf’s two speeches at Cambridge, with the theme of “Women and fiction.” Through the analysis of the history and current situation of female literary creation, the paper points out that women should have the courage and right to fight for independent economic power and social status. “Oxbridge” is a combined term of Oxford and Cambridge, and Oxbridge pictures dominate the first chapter of A Room of One’s Own, which are the focus of this paper. Through a detailed analysis of the different indoor and outdoor pictures of Oxbridge, including nature, landscape, humanistic architecture and the “pictures” imagined in the narrator’s mind, this paper discusses the existence of Victorian women and Woolf’s feminist thoughts so as to provide possible implications for the social survival of contemporary women. The study is also concerned with Woolf’s Eco-feminism, stream of consciousness and other artistic skills.
文摘This paper made comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Virginia Woolf's essay characteristics,mainly manifested in the following aspects:first,focuses on analyzing how Woolf deals with the relationship between readers and herself; second,makes a detailed analysis of Woolf's literary criticism essays; third part is about the feminist thoughts in her essays. And it is expected that it can offer the readers a new angle and help them achieve a better understanding in appreciating Woolf's essays,even her novels.
文摘Mrs.Dalloway is one of the famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is perceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith are the two protagonists in this novel.From analyzing the relationship of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith in terms of the meaning of life and death,this thesis aims to explore the author's and the protagonists' inner conflicts and the significance of life and death.
文摘Mrs.Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are two famous novels written by Virginia Woolf,who is conceived as one of the famous feminist writers in the history of English literature.Clarissa Dalloway and Mrs.Ramsay are the two female protagonists in the two novels.From analyzing the similarities in terms of personality and psychology by using feminism as the theoretical basis,this thesis aims to explore the author's and the protagonists'paradoxical psychology-inner hope versus reality,and to help women liberate from the patriarchal society.
文摘As a stream-of-consciousness novelist,Woolf is usually seen as being far away from social and political reality.This thesis attempts to apply Ethical Literary Criticism to analyze by rereading the text in detail in order to explore the ethical thinking embodied in Woolf's Mrs.Dalloway,exploring those ethical connotations usually ignored by former critics and scholars.
文摘As an outstanding modernist female writer in the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf appeals for women's liberation in literary productions. Focusing on her most significant feminist criticism A Room of One's Own, especially on the argument "It is useless to go to the great men writers for help . . . a man's sentence . . . was unsuited for a woman's use", this essay attempts to explore how Woolf searches for language and literary forms more suited for women writers in patriarchal society, and in what ways modernist language and literary form have been shaped by the motives for innovation in Woolf's works. Shaping and being shaped by the trend of modernism, Woolf's assertion of androgynous mind and her unique stream-of-consciousness techniques make contribution to modernist female writing.
文摘This paper studies a short fiction of Virginia Woolf The Mark on the Wall.Woolf held the literary theory "moments of being" and believed that the moments ordinary enough in itself had an extraordinary effect on people's imagination.Based on many diaries,essays and fictions of Woolf,and the related literature review,this paper analyzes the "moments of being" represented in The Mark on the Wall.It's is found that the moments of being are truth of being,both the external word and inner world.Woolf catches her mind sparks,seeks the truth and free thinking in each moment during her life.
