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1、Unit4ANewDress----VirginiaWoolfOutlineAbouttheauthorWarm-upquestionsTextualanalysisCriticalresponseandimpactAbouttheauthor---VirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)LifeexperienceBornandbroughtupinanupper-middle-class,literaryfamily,andeducatedathomefromtheresourcesofherfather’shugelibrar
2、y.Experiencedherfirstbout(发作)ofmentalillnessafterhermother’sdeathandsufferedfrombipolar(双极的)disorder,mania-depression(躁郁症)illness,fortherestofherlife.MovedtotheBloomsburyareaofLondonafterherfather’sdeath,andformedtheunconventionalintellectualandartisticBloomsburyGroup.Bega
3、nherprofessionalwritinglifein1905MarriedLeonardWoolfin1912,acriticandwriteroneconomics,withwhomshesetuptheHogarthPressin1917.Drownedherselfintheriverin1941,asEnglandenteredWorldWarII,andatthevergeofanothernervousbreakdownshefearedwouldbepermanent.BloomsburyGroupTheirhomebe
4、cameagatheringplace---BloomsburyGroup.Itthrivedatthecenterofthemiddle-classandupper-middle-classLondonintelligentsia(知识阶层).TheparticipantsincludeLyttonStrachey(thebiographer),J.M.Keynes(theeconomist),BertrandRussell(thephilosopher),DesmondMacCarthy(thecritic),E.M.Foster(th
5、enovelist),aswellasVirginia’ssisterVanessaBell(anartist).Theirintelligencewasequaledbytheirfrankness,notablyonsexualtopic,andthesexuallifeofBloomsburyprovidedamplematerialfordiscussionandcontributedtoWoolf’sfreedomofthinkingaboutgenderrelations.ThemeVirginiaWoolfgrewincrea
6、singlyconcernedwiththepositionofwomen,especiallyprofessionalwomen,andtheconstrictionsunderwhichtheysuffered.Woolfadvocatedthecreationofliteraturethatwouldincludewomen’sexperienceandwaysofthinking.Sheproposedliteraturethatwouldbe“androgynous(兼有男女两性的)inmind”andresonateequall
7、ywithmenandwomen.CharacteristicsofwritingVirginiaWoolfisconsideredoneofthegreatestinnovatorsintheEnglishlanguage.Inherworkssheexperimentedwithstreamofconsciousnessandtheunderlyingpsychologicalaswellasemotionalmotivesofcharacters.Inhernovels,sheabandonedlinearnarrativesinfa
8、vorofinteriormonologuesandstreamofconsciousnessnarration,exploringwithgreatsubtletyproble
