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Time and Narration in Virginia Woolf's Fiction

As commonly acknowledged, the work of Virginia Woolf is characterized by unconventional and experimental narrative techniques, which challenge the notions of traditional story- telling, as put forward for example by Aristotle. The narrative techniques of one of the foremost authors of Modernism remain linked to the logic of nonlinear temporality, which subverts the notion of linear time, reflected in the progressive ticks of the clock. It has often been noted that Woolf’s understanding of time is comparable to Bergson’s concept of ‘lived time’ or ‘duration’. The notion of nonlinear time is embedded in Woolf’s novels and essays, marked by narration which merges layers of fictional past, present and future, making use of analepses and prolepses, and the typically modernist stream of consciousness. This presentation attempts to delineate the notion of nonlinear time in the work of Virginia Woolf by drawing on her most famous novels, such as ‘The Waves’, ‘Mrs Dalloway’ or ‘To the Lighthouse’. Special attention will be paid to the ways in which nonlinear time structures various elements of fiction, such as narration.

performative time, non-linear narration, Virginia Woolf, "The Waves", "Mrs Dalloway", "To the Lighthouse"

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