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

"8_6_Woolf" (CC BY 2.0) by Hackley Public Library Virginia Woolf is undoubtedly a prolific writer who has produced large amount of quality work. Here is a collection of some of her famous quotes from various books. "I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in." - Virginia Woolf "I want to write a novel about Silence, "he said; "the things people don't say". -Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out "I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one's own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful. " -Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out "Anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm. " - Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room “They all dreamt of each other that night, as was natural, considering how thin the partitions were between them, and how stra...

"Isolation" (CC BY-NC 2.0) by Pulpolux !!! INTRODUCTION Woolf never found her safe and secured since her childhood reasons may be many, sometimes the serial deaths sexual abuse by her step brother, depression, mood swings, and fear of death. There can be endless reasons to proof her madness and insecurity and the effect of all these traumas can be seen in her literary works too. ISOLATION AND MRS DALLOWAY Likewise the Theme of Isolation can be seen in her major novels, whether it’s Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse or any other novel of her. For example in Mrs. Dalloway it can be seen from the start that she always found her Isolated, when she said that it is very, very difficult to live even one day. She expresses her inner consciousness which was full of insecurities she considers her old friend Peter, who has failed to fulfill the dreams of her youth. As Clarissa ages, she finds it more difficult to know everybody, which makes her feel solitary; she...

INTRODUCTION Sigmund Freud initially described in his book Beyond the Pleasure   Principle that “the goal of all life is death”  (Cherry)  He has observed that, "After people experience a traumatic event (such as war), they often re-enact the experience. He concluded that people hold an unconscious desire to die, but that this wish is largely tempered by the life instincts."  (Cherry) Freud's view says that self deteriorating and destructive behavior is an expression of the energy which is built by the death instincts. When this energy is directed outward onto others, it is expressed as aggression and violence. Thanatos is a concept, in which the person feels that he or she can get rid of all this sorrows only by death. This urge for death exists in every person’s inner consciousness many people feel that there is no death instinct in their personality because somewhere their life instance is very strong. Sometimes person has more desire for d...

"male/female face" (CC BY-SA 2.0) by sirexkat ANDROGYNY Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.                             Ander Gyne                                                 +                              Man Woman NOVELISTS WRITTEN ON ANDROGYNOUS THEME There are so many novelists who have written their novels on the theme of Androgyny. Like example, Nancy Garden's – Annie on My Mind, Julie Anne Peters – Keeping You a Secret, Jeanette Winterson's – Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Alice Walker's – The Color Purple, Michael Cunningham's – The Hours, Virginia Woolf's – Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando. HATERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CONCEPT ON ANDROGYNY  Woolf in...

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...

"Blah Blah Blah (CC BY-NC 2.0)  by  id.-iom INTRODUCTION "A monologue is presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience."  (Hargrave) Virginia Woolf beautifully uses both the techniques whether its stream of consciousness or interior monologue she continued to use the same technique in her subsequent novels as well.  It is already mentioned that Woolf was not at all satisfied with the traditional method of writing novels.               In an essay Modern Fiction she had criticized novelist like Arnold Bennet and John Galsworthy for the 'Naturalistic' manner in which they had written their novels. James Joyce probed the same inner consciousness in Ulysses which Woolf probed in Mrs. Dalloway. Although there is an incessant flow of thoughts which has been given the technical name of 'the stream of consc...