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'Burning in this Clumsy, this Ill-fitting Body'. Corporeality in Virginia Woolf's Writing

'Burning in this Clumsy, this Ill-fitting Body'. Corporeality in Virginia Woolf's Writing

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Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Nottingham (School of English Studies), language: English, abstract: After the introduction, which dwells on the relation between corporeality and spirituality, the first chapter explores how the significance of corporeality for the individual is illustrated in Woolf's novels Mrs Dalloway and The Waves as well as in her theoretical writing. Thereby, similarities between Woolf's writing and Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception are pointed out. Chapter two examines to what extent Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection as described in Powers of Horror is applicable to Woolf's novels. The characters' attitudes towards sexuality, food, illness and death are analysed. Chapter three focuses on the social and linguistic difficulties which need to be overcome in order to write about corporeality. Woolf's narrative craft is analysed and briefly compared to James Joyce's writing style in Ulysses.

Book information

ISBN: 9783668380394
Publisher: Bod Third Party Titles
Imprint: Grin Verlag
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 54
Weight: 82g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 3mm