VIRGINIA WOOLF - A BRIEF GLANCE ON HER LIFE, WORKS AND STYLE.

INTRODUCTION In Freudian Theory: "The complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wishes to exclude the parent of the same sex. The term was originally applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex."  (Schuller) Freud's theory of Oedipus complex has become a major theme for various renowned English novelists like example: - D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, Sophocles’s Oedipus the King  and last but not the least Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, Orlando etc. Another thing apart from all the literary techniques, which caught attention while reading To the Lighthouse is the language that Virginia uses to describe James and her mother Mrs. Ramsay’s relationship. One can easily forget that James is Mrs. Ramsay's six year old son and think ...

"clock"(CC BY-NC 2.0) by celestehopkins INTRO DUCTION Classic literature is often defined in terms of quality, excellence, and timelessness. Timelessness refers to an ageless quality, independent of time that is eternal. In a work of literature, this quality means the work will always be relevant to an audience. Woolf psychoanalytical style of writing focused on the theme of Time and Timelessness. Let’s have some examples of the novels which have a theme of time and timelessness. James Joyce's  Ulysses is a famous novel which is based on the theme of time and timelessness. It has been seen in a novel that time has not been measured by 'clock' in it. Readers can get a window into the character's minds. The time montage between the character's thought and external world is quite different. For example in one episode, a character's dream go on and for what would seem like hours, and yet It has been found that all the external action is ta...