Essays about: "Virginia Woolf and Modernism"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words Virginia Woolf and Modernism.

1. 6. Room for Thought: Privacy and the Private Home in Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Koivunen; [2015]
   Keywords : Privacy; interiority; Victorian domesticity; space; Virginia Woolf; modernity;

   Abstract : Modernism is often connected to the public sphere due to its associations with urbanity and technological changes. But interiority and private life was as important to modernity and, in particular, in Virginia Woolf’s writing. READ MORE

3. 7. On Borrowed Time:An examination of the representation of time in To the Lighthouse

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Daniel Frülén; [2014-10-09]
   Keywords : To the Lighthouse; Virginia Woolf; Time; Henri Bergson; Modernism; Chronolibido;

   Abstract : This study elaborates on the relationship between the representation of time and how it is perceived in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Therefore, this paper will explore the link between time, modernism and the structure of To the Lighthouse by doing a close reading and using a narratological approach. READ MORE

4. 8. Symbolism in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Jessica Johnston; [2014-02-19]
   Keywords : engelska; Virginia Woolf; Mrs. Dalloway; symbolism; modernism;

   Abstract : The modernists wanted to give as true a picture of the world as possible and experimented with narrative techniques and devices such as stream of consciousness, fragmentation and symbolism, which meant a break with more traditional writing. Symbols have often been used to add a mystical element to works of literature and have always intrigued readers, promising to reveal hidden meanings. READ MORE