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A Feminist Perspective of Virginia Woolf’s Selected Novels:
Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
Dr. Isam M. Shihada
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Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse ﻓـﻲ ﺭﻭﺍﻴﺎﺘﻬـﺎ ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘـﺎﺭﺓ
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine Virginia Woolf’s contribution to the feminist question in her selected novels: Mrs.
Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927). The study shows how
Mrs. Woolf employed her novels to show women the way to obtain meaning in life and realize their identities. Virginia Woolf established herself as a distinguished feminist woman writer in her treatment of women’s helpless situation. She unveiled the causes of women’s oppression and provided us with a comprehensive answer for the women’s question.
* Assit. Professor, Department of English, Faculty, of Education and Human,
Sciences, Al-Aqsa University. Email: isams@hotmail.com
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Virginia Woolf’s Personality:
Virginia Woolf was born in 1882, the youngest daughter of the large and talented Stephen family. Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a distinguished critic, biographer, and philosopher. He was one of the most influential figures in the literary world of late Victorian England. Her mother, Julia
Stephen, was a daughter of the novelist William Makepeace Thackery. She bore Leslie Stephen four children: Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia and Adrain.
Virginia Woolf was destined to be a writer. Though Woolf was denied the formal education allowed to males, she was able to take advantage of her father’s
Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
Dr. Isam M. Shihada
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Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse ﻓـﻲ ﺭﻭﺍﻴﺎﺘﻬـﺎ ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘـﺎﺭﺓ
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine Virginia Woolf’s contribution to the feminist question in her selected novels: Mrs.
Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927). The study shows how
Mrs. Woolf employed her novels to show women the way to obtain meaning in life and realize their identities. Virginia Woolf established herself as a distinguished feminist woman writer in her treatment of women’s helpless situation. She unveiled the causes of women’s oppression and provided us with a comprehensive answer for the women’s question.
* Assit. Professor, Department of English, Faculty, of Education and Human,
Sciences, Al-Aqsa University. Email: isams@hotmail.com
A Feminist Perspective of Virginia Woolf’s …
120
Virginia Woolf’s Personality:
Virginia Woolf was born in 1882, the youngest daughter of the large and talented Stephen family. Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a distinguished critic, biographer, and philosopher. He was one of the most influential figures in the literary world of late Victorian England. Her mother, Julia
Stephen, was a daughter of the novelist William Makepeace Thackery. She bore Leslie Stephen four children: Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia and Adrain.
Virginia Woolf was destined to be a writer. Though Woolf was denied the formal education allowed to males, she was able to take advantage of her father’s
References: 1- Aston, N.M. (1998) Trends in the Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, New Delhi: Prestige books. 2- Marcus, J. (1981), New Feminist Essays on Virginia Woolf, London: Macmillan. 3- Schwarz D.R. (1999) The Transformation of the English Novel, 18901930 London: Macmillan. 4- Woolf, V. (1927) To the Lighthouse, London: Hograth Press. 5- Woolf, V. (1957) A Room of One 's Own, New York: Harcourt, Brace and World. 6- Woolf, V. (1996) Mrs. Dalloway, London: Penguin books.