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1、VirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)isabrilliantwomanauthorintheEnglish1iteraryfieldduringthe19thand20thcentury.Sheisthepioneeramongfeminismcritics.HerrepresentativeworkARoomofOnesOWniswidelyconsideredHiefirstmoderntextoffeministcriticism.vItisthefirsttoexposeandcriticizepatriarchyculture.Shecriticizestheinhibi
2、tionoffemalesfrompatriarchycultureandaffirmsthefemaleliteraturetraditionrejectedbypatriarchysociety,findingahistoricalsupportingpointforfemalewriting.Sheputsforwardtheideathatfemalesshouldtrytowritefromthedual-sexpointofviewwithoutneglectingtheirownsexfeatures,thusprovidingusgreaterva1uethanthosefem
3、inistcriticsexcludingmalewriters.Theninmypaper,Iwi11trytoanalyzethisworkfromthefollowingaspects:instructionofARoomofOnesOwn,feministicthoughtsinARoomofOnes(fnandtheinfluenceofherfeministicthoughtsintheliteraryfield.Firstandforemost,ARoomofOne,sOwnisbasedonaseriesoflecturesshedeliveredatNewnhamCo11eg
4、eandGirlonCollege,twowomen,scollegesatCambridgeUniversityin1928.Itistheinspirationalsourceforthefundamentalqueriesofafemaleliterarytraditionandisalsomuchappreciatedinthepresentpost-modernistorpost-feministtime.Inthisbooktherearesixchapters,ineachsectionVirginiaWoolfdiscussesthedifferentaspectsofthet
5、opic:womenandfiction.InchapteroneVirginiaWoolfpointsoutthatwesternhistorysofarhasbeenthehistoryofthepatriarchy,ahistorywrittenbymenaboutmenandformen.sdaughters,wife,ormother,womenhavenoequalrightsandnoeconomicindependence.Inchaptertwo,thetopicismen,sanger.Thenarratorofthebook,goestotheBritishMuseumt
6、ofindoutaseriesofquestions,suchas”whydidmendrinkwineandwomenwater?,andtheaunt,“MaryBaton,leavesthenarratoralegacyof500poundsayear,andthislegacyhasitsspecialhints.Inchapterthree,thenarratordecidestoinvestigatewomeninElIzabethanEngland,puzzledwhytherewerenowomenwritersinthatfertile1iIeraryperiod.Shebe
7、lievesthereisadeepconnectionbetweenlivingconditionsandwriting.Inchapterfour,thenarratormakesupastoryofJudithShakespeare,supposedlythesistertothegreatElizabethanplaywright.Judithisful1ofadventurousspiritandrichimagination,butsheisnotsenttoschool,asherbrotheris,tolearngrammarandlogic.Finallyherbrother
8、goesto1.ondonandbecomesagreatdramatist,whiIeshediesandisburiedatcrossingroads.Actuallythestoryisaminiatureofthepatheticlifeofwomen,especiallywomenoftalentandambitionintheolddays.Inchapterfive,thenarratorthinksthatthefemalewriters,nowgivenabettereducation,nolongerneednovelsasameansofself-expression.S
9、heshowsthereadersanenormouschangeinthestateofwriting:anaveragefemalewriterisfinallyabletowritewithoutangerorhatred,withoutastiflingawarenessofhergender,withastandardfemininc“sentenceasamodel.Inchaptersix,thenarratoropenswithastoryofamanandwomanmeetingonthestreetandsheputsforwardaterm:androgynousmind
10、.Also,ARoomofOne,sOwnisaclassicworkaboutfeministicthoughts.Fromthisbook,wecangettoknowthethreemajorthoughtsofVirginiaWoolf:havingaroomofonesown,havingtheirownwayofwriting,havingtheirownvoiceandandrogyny.Firstly,WoolfthinksthatinthesocietyofpatriarchyduringtheVictorianperiod,womenhavebeenconfinedtoth
11、every1imitedsphereofdomesticlife,tobetrainedafterthetraditionalmodeloffemininity,andtoburythemselvesintheendlesstrivialhousework,withnomoney,norest,noprivatespace,andnochanceforself-realization.Forexample,Janeustendidnothaveastudyofherown,sosheoftenfinishedherwritingssecretlyinacornerofthelivingroom
12、.Everytimewhensomeonewalkedintothelivingroom,shewouldhidehermanuscriptsimmediatelyas1iteraryWrilingwasnotanhonorablecareerforwomen.Thus,Woolfmakesthemostfamousstatement:Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction,andthatitisnecessarytohavefivehundredayearandaroomwithalockonthedoorifyoua
13、retowritefictionorpoetry,mBesides,theroomitselfmeansnotonlyaspace;itisametaphoricalreferencetoastateofcompleteindependenceandfreedom,whereawomancanreturntoherrealseif.Shecanfeel,think,andactasshe1ikeswithoutconsideringherownpositionandsex.Onlyinsuchastateofabsoluteindependenceandfreedomcanawomancrea
14、tereallygreatliterature.Secondly,inARoomofOne,sOn,Woo1femploysthefirstnarratorItocommunicatewiththeaudiencethetopic-womenandfiction.However,TinthisbookdoesnotrefertoVirginiaWoolf,buttoMary.Maryisnotaspecificindividual,butreferstodifferenttypesofwomen.Woolffabricatedanarrator,events,andplacesinordert
15、odiscussthecreativetalentsoffemalewritingandexpressherownpointsofview.InWoolf,Sday,ifawomanwantedtoexpressheropinions,shewouldfaceanumberofobstacles.Thus,afictionalnarratorisputintouse.Meanwhile,thisisalsoarevolttothepatriarchyofthesocietywherewomenhadalmostnoopportunitytoexpresstheiropinions.Thirdl
16、y,thedefinitionof“Androgyny“isoneoftheimportantthoughtsoffeminismandfeministiccriticism.Woolfdefinestheandrogynousnatureoftheperfecthumanmindastwooppositeandsexedpresidingpowersworkinginharmony.Shedescribestherelationinthefollowingsimplestatements:TnthemanSbrainthemanpredominatesoverthewomanandinthewoman,sbrainthewomanpredominatesovertheman.Thenormalandcomfortablestateofbeingisthatwhenthetwo1iveinharmonytogether,spirituallyco-o
