Virginia Woolf
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Major Issues Major IssuesVirginia Woolf’s significance as a major Modernist has been fully discussed by literary historians, who point to both her assistance to other writers and her own important literary innovations. Critics have analyzed the ways in which Woolf undermines conventional fictional elements: such as a stable point of view, the presentation and development of coherent characters, and the emphasis on major events like marriage, childbirth, and death. Woolf’s unusual manipulation and presentation of time suggests that these conventional external events are less important than internal events, such as an overwhelming sensory experience, or a sudden psychological or philosophical insight. The narration of external events is compressed in her writing, while internal workings are expanded. Feminist scholars have been particularly interested in Woolf’s focus on women artists, and in her critique of gender roles and the social repression of both sexes. Author LinksVirginia Woolf
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