《英国文学》课程PPT教学课件（English Literature）Part IX 10 Woolf

Virginia Stephen Woolf 1882-1941

Virginia Stephen Woolf 1882-1941

Contents *1.Life ÷ll.Major Works ÷lll.Style IV.Theme V.Major Works

Contents ❖ I. Life ❖ II. Major Works ❖ III. Style ❖ IV. Theme ❖ V. Major Works

I.Life ÷Born:25 January1882 Birthplace:London,England Died:28 March 1941 (suicide by drowning)

I. Life ❖ Born: 25 January 1882 ❖ Birthplace: London, England ❖ Died: 28 March 1941 (suicide by drowning)

÷one of4 children daughter of biographer and critic Leslie Stephen (later Sir I I N I A Leslie) educated at home by her father. *voracious reader of books in father's library

❖ one of 4 children ❖ daughter of biographer and critic Leslie Stephen (later Sir Leslie) ❖ educated at home by her father. ❖ voracious reader of books in father’s library

As a young woman Woolf moved to Gordon Square,Bloomsbury. The house became a gathering place for writers,artists and intellectuals and this "Bloomsbury Group"is remembered as an incubator of modern artistic thought

❖ As a young woman Woolf moved to Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. ❖ The house became a gathering place for writers, artists and intellectuals and this "Bloomsbury Group" is remembered as an incubator of modern artistic thought

Married Leonard Woolf,a critic and writer on economics and politics. Virginia Woolf,her husband,her siblings, and their friends became known as the Bloomsbury Group. In 1917 the Woolfs founded Hogarth Press

❖ Married Leonard Woolf, a critic and writer on economics and politics. ❖ Virginia Woolf, her husband, her siblings, and their friends became known as the Bloomsbury Group. ❖ In 1917 the Woolfs founded Hogarth Press

Life tragedy Her mother's death in 1895 trigger the first mental breakdown. When father died in 1904,suffered a second breakdown and attempted suicide by jumping out of window

Life tragedy ❖ Her mother’s death in 1895 trigger the first mental breakdown. ❖ When father died in 1904, suffered a second breakdown and attempted suicide by jumping out of window

On Match 28.1941,she left notes for her husband Leonard Woolf and sister Vanessa before drowning in the River Ouse

❖ On Match 28, 1941, she left notes for her husband Leonard Woolf and sister Vanessa before drowning in the River Ouse

Literary career Dissatisfied with the novel based on familiar, factual,and external details,Virginia Woolf followed experimental clues to a more internal,subjective,and in a sense more personal rendering of experience than had been provided by Henry James,Marcel Proust,and James Joyce

Literary career ❖ Dissatisfied with the novel based on familiar, factual, and external details, Virginia Woolf followed experimental clues to a more internal, subjective, and in a sense more personal rendering of experience than had been provided by Henry James, Marcel Proust, and James Joyce

In the works of these masters the reality of time and experience had formed the stream of consciousness,a concept that probably originated with William James

❖ In the works of these masters the reality of time and experience had formed the stream of consciousness, a concept that probably originated with William James