Naslov
Virginia Woolf's Essay Writing – Breaking with the Tradition

Autori
Sirković, Nina ; Matić Bilić, Mirjana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, pregledni

Knjiga
Reconsidering Conventions: Essays on Language and Literature

Urednik/ci
Knežević, Marija ; Batrićević Nikčević, Aleksandra

Izdavač
Filozofski fakultet Nikšić Univerziteta Crne Gore

Grad
Nikšić

Godina
2009

Raspon stranica
209-220

ISBN
978-86-7798-036-8

Ključne riječi
Virginia Woolf, modernism, personal essay, tradition, women's literature

Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to summarize personal essay-writing of Virginia Woolf and show its influence on modern theory of literature. The problems which were raised in her essays eighty years ago set up the groundwork for later studying the female literature. Virginia Woolf, one of the most famous modernist writers of the 20th century, was primarily popular for her experimental novel writing, and her reputation as a critic and an essayist was neglected for a period of time. With the development of feminist criticism, her personal essays became an issue of interest again. In her literary work she broke up with traditional writing, offering new approaches to actual social issues, as well as to established narrative techniques. Many of her literary procedures which she implemented in her fiction, were clarified through her critical, personal and feminist essays. This paper focuses on Woolf's essays which offer a completely new approach in modern literary theory.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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