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Disrupting Imperial Linear Time: Virginia Woolf's Temporal Perception in To the Lighthouse


(The full-text version of the essay is published in Cultural Studies Monthly, an online bi-lingual journal launched by Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan, and it can be accessed at http://www.cc.ncu.edu.tw/~csa/journal/62/journal_park468.htm The following is the introduction of the essay)

Introduction

The prevailing emphasis of early studies on Virginia Woolf focuses on her literary experiments which center on the inner workings of the mind, portraying an individual’s stream of consciousness; Woolf adopts a new aesthetic attitude towards the modern world. It was not until the rise of feminist criticism in the 1970s and cultural theories in the 1980s that her corrosive power in criticizing the patriarchal ideology of the British society was gradually recognized. Yet a growing number of Woolf scholars believe that the poignant depiction of gender inequality in her works is simply one aspect of British imperialism that she undertakes to criticize. (Hung 1-2).

In her post-colonial reading of Woolf’s work, Kathy Philips argues that

"from her first book to her last, Virginia Woolf consistently satirizes social institutions. She accomplishes this by means of incongruous juxtapositions and suggestive, concrete detail, which can be interpreted as metaphor. One of her most interesting juxtapositions associates Empire Building, war making, and gender relations in a typical constellation. […] Her novels de-emphasize the failings of characters in their personal relations and instead investigate personalities as products of dangerous ideologies. "(vii xiii-xiv)

In other words, behind her literary skill, Woolf wants to open the reader’s eyes to contradictions and questions embedded in British imperialist ideology. In this short essay, I will address Woolf’s critique of imperial linear temporality in To the Lighthouse.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Disrupting Imperial Linear Time: Virginia Woolf's Temporal Perception in To the Lighthouse


(The full-text version of the essay is published in Cultural Studies Monthly, an online bi-lingual journal launched by Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan, and it can be accessed at http://www.cc.ncu.edu.tw/~csa/journal/62/journal_park468.htm The following is the introduction of the essay)

Introduction

The prevailing emphasis of early studies on Virginia Woolf focuses on her literary experiments which center on the inner workings of the mind, portraying an individual’s stream of consciousness; Woolf adopts a new aesthetic attitude towards the modern world. It was not until the rise of feminist criticism in the 1970s and cultural theories in the 1980s that her corrosive power in criticizing the patriarchal ideology of the British society was gradually recognized. Yet a growing number of Woolf scholars believe that the poignant depiction of gender inequality in her works is simply one aspect of British imperialism that she undertakes to criticize. (Hung 1-2).

In her post-colonial reading of Woolf’s work, Kathy Philips argues that

"from her first book to her last, Virginia Woolf consistently satirizes social institutions. She accomplishes this by means of incongruous juxtapositions and suggestive, concrete detail, which can be interpreted as metaphor. One of her most interesting juxtapositions associates Empire Building, war making, and gender relations in a typical constellation. […] Her novels de-emphasize the failings of characters in their personal relations and instead investigate personalities as products of dangerous ideologies. "(vii xiii-xiv)

In other words, behind her literary skill, Woolf wants to open the reader’s eyes to contradictions and questions embedded in British imperialist ideology. In this short essay, I will address Woolf’s critique of imperial linear temporality in To the Lighthouse.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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