1、UNIT 7A Room of Ones Own,Virginia Woolf,Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories and stream-of-consciousness.,“Professions for women”,Woolfs Achievement 1 Stream-of- Consciousness Technique,Reveal the action or plot through the me
2、ntal processes of the character. Her emphasis was not on plot or characterization but on a characters consciousness, his thoughts and feelings. The action of the plot moves back and forth through present time to memories of past events and dreams of the future. Dramatic monologue & free association.
3、 It is often in 3rd person narrator.,Woolfs Achievement 2 A Feminist,She was very much concerned with the rights and position of women, especially of intelligent women and women writers. She actively took part in the struggle for womans rights of suffrage & rights to work.,Life,Born in 1882 and brou
4、ght up in an upper-middle-class, socially active, literary family. Was educated at home, becoming a voracious reader of the books in her fathers extensive library.Childhood experiences of death and sexual abuse lead to depression the death of her family her stepbrother,Life,The death of her father i
5、n 1904 provoked her most alarming collapse. Virginia Stephen married Leonard Woolf in 1912. After completing the manuscript of her last novel, Between the Acts, Woolf fell victim to a depression similar to that which she had earlier experienced.,Life,On March 28, 1941, Woolf committed suicide in the
6、 River Ouse near her home and drowned herself.Woolf s body was not found until April 18. Her husband buried her cremated remains under a tree in the garden of their home.,River Ouse,Virginias letter to Leonard,“ Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of these
7、 terrible times again and I shant recover this time. I begin to hear voices and cant concentrate. So Im doing what seems to be the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be.”,Virginias letter to Leonard,“I know that Im sp
8、oiling your life and without me you could work, and you will, I know. You see, I cant even write this properly. What I want to say is that I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me. And incredibly good. Everything is gone from me but the certainty of your good
9、ness.”,Virginias letter to Leonard,“I cant go on spoiling your life any longer. I dont think two people could have been happier than we have been. ” Dear Leonard. To look life in the face. Always to look life in the face and to know it for what it is. At last to know it. To love it for what it is, a
10、nd then, to put it away. Leonard. Always the years between us. Always the years. Always the love. Always the hours”,Works,EARLY WORKS The Voyage Out, 1915 出海 Night and Day, 1919 日夜 LATER WORKS Jacob s Room, 1922 雅各的房间 Mrs. Dalloway, 1925 黛洛维夫人 To the Lighthouse, 1927 到灯塔去 Orlando, 1928 奥尔兰多 The Wave
11、s, 1931 海浪 The Years, 1937 年月 Between the Acts, 1941 幕与幕之间,Works,COLLECTIONS OF ESSAYS, literary commentaries A Room of Ones Own , 1929 一间自己的房间 Moments of Being, 1941, 存在的瞬间,About the essay,An extended essay. First published in 24 October 1929, Based on a series of lectures she delivered at two wome
12、ns colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. Titled “Women and Fiction”, it is generally seen as a feminist textNoted in its argument for whether or not a woman could produce art of the high quality of Shakespeare.,A Room of Ones Own,ThemeWomens position in fiction and in real lifeCritique o
13、f patriarchal society “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write a fiction.” -Virginia Woolf,What is the symbolic meaning of the title?,A room: not only space for living, but also space for creative activity. Here, it is compared to freedom. She uses the room as a symbol for m
14、any larger issues, such as privacy, leisure time, and financial independence.,Main Idea,She advances that a woman must have a room of her own if she is to write something. To illustrate her point and reconstruct the existence of women, the author proposes the imaginary figure of Shakespeares sister,
15、 Judith describing her unpleasant situation and showing the social discrimination against women in the Elizabethan England.,The Narrator,The unnamed female narrator is the only major character in A Room of Ones Own. In chapter one of the text, she tells the reader to call her “Mary Beton, Mary Seton
16、, Mary Carmichael or any other name you please . . . ” The narrator emphasizes that her words apply to all women, not just herself.,The narrator spends a day in the British Library - she finds little data about the everyday lives of women -“No woman can write the plays of Shakespeare” - she decides
17、to reconstruct their existence imaginatively. -The figure of Judith Shakespeare is generated as an example of the tragic fate a highly intelligent woman would have met with under those circumstances.,Structure Analysis,Part(1) This part introduces the position of women in 15c and 17c indicated in Hi
18、story of England written by Trevelyan. Part(2-3) This part shows the distinction between women in fiction and women in real life and analyzes the reason. Part(4) This part gives a comparative analysis of Shakespeare and his supposed sister to reveal the miserable fate of his gifted sister, which ref
19、lects womens life and positions at that time.,Part(5) This part explains why a woman having Shakespeares genius in Shakespeares day cant gain the same achievement. Part(6) This part reveals the truth of the imagined figure of Judith Shakespeares story and any woman born with a great gift in that age
20、 ending in an unfortunate fate.,Para 1,The position of women indicated in History of England by Trevelyan About 1470, soon after Chaucers time Wife-beating Marriage Obey the parents wish Betrothal in the cradle The time of the Stuarts No right to choose their own husbands Women in fictions In Shakes
21、peares works Imagined by people Women described by Trevelyan,Para 2 - 3 A comparative analysis of Womens Position,In “ fiction” Be the highest importancePervades poetry from cover to coverDominates the lives of kings and conquerors in fictionInspired words and profound thought in literature fall fro
22、m her lips In “real life” Be insignificantBe absent from historyThe property of her husband and slave of marriage Be Rarely educated,imaginatively practically; in fictions in fact; in literature in real life A composite An odd monster The Elizabethan woman (we know nothing about them) (Seldom mentio
23、ned: only a queen or a great lady) Historians view of women in the past Not in collection of anecdotes Hardly mentioned by Aubrey No on the shelf Women known from an old gentleman,Para 4,A comparative analysis of Shakespeare and his supposed sister What would happen to Shakespeare? Sent to school Wh
24、at would happen to him when he sought his fortune in London? What would happen to Shakespeares supposed sister? Not sent to school Staying at home doing housework Be forced to marry What would happen to her when she sought her fortune in London?,Comparison in Similarities,quickest fancy for the tune
25、of words 2. a taste for theater,Same,Same,1. gray eyes 2. rounded brows,Comparison in Differences,Para 5,Why a woman in Shakespeares day cannot become a genius? Not born among laboring, servile people Not born among the Saxons and the Britons Not born among women whose work began before they custom
26、The authors wish (a woman with great genius),Para 6,The truth of the imagined figure of Judith Shakespeares story and any woman born with a great gift in that age ending in an unfortunate fate.-What would happen to women born with a great gift in the 16th century?,Words in Para 1,Be liable to易受, 应受
27、Fling about跳来跳去, 抛散 Inflict on予以（打击等），使受痛苦等 Avarice贪财, 贪婪 Chivalrous武士的；勇武的 Betrothal婚约, 订婚礼 Charge照管；监护： Stuarts斯图亚特王朝 So far as在的范围内：只要 Memoirs传记, 论文集 Wanting: absent, lacking 欠缺的, 没有的, 不够格的 Save: prep. except Sordid卑鄙的；下贱的 Hideous骇人听闻的, 可怕的,Words in Para 2 - 3,Pervade遍及，渗透 All but几乎, 差一点 Chop up切
28、开, 割断(历史), 切细 Suet （动物肾脏附近的）板油，硬脂肪 Prosaically散文式地, 平凡地 Illumination照明, 阐明, 启发, 灯彩(通常用复数) Hold up举起, 支撑, 继续下去, 阻挡, 拦截 Scarcity缺乏, 不足 Parish register宗堂区记事簿 Lop-sided偏向一边的；不平衡的 Scatter分散, 散开 Inconspicuous不显眼的, 不引人注意的 Impropriety不适当, 不适当的事物 Whisk away （常与away, off连用）掸掉，扫掉；弄走 Deplorable可怜的；悲伤的 Turn abou
29、t转变, 改变意见, 转身, 反复思考,Words in Para 4,Heiress女继承人 Escapade越轨行为，冒险的、不合乎传统的行为或约定 Hub中心；焦点 Agog兴奋的, 热切的 Stew炖肉(或菜) Moon: To wander about or pass time aimlessly 出神 The apple of ones eye宠物, 珍爱物：掌上明珠 Scribble潦草地写, 乱写, 滥写 Betroth许配 Wool-stapler商品批发商，羊毛筛选者 Petticoat衬裙, 裙子 Guffaw哄笑, 狂笑 Poodle卷毛狮子狗 Tavern酒馆, 客栈
30、 Lust强烈欲望, 渴望, 引起性冲动 tangle处于混乱状态,Words in Para 5,Blaze out燃烧 Duck猛按.入水 Mute哑的, 无声的, 沉默的 Inglorious不名誉的, 不体面的, 可耻的 Dash out冲出, 删去 Moor沼地, 荒野 Mop用拖把拖洗, 擦, 抹 Craze狂热 Beguile诱骗, 诱惑 Spin旋转, 纺, 纺纱 croon低声歌唱, 低声哼, 低吟,Words in Para 6,Wizard术士；男巫 Mock嘲笑, 骗, 挫败, 嘲弄 Hinder阻碍, 打扰 Torture拷问, 曲解, 折磨, 使弯曲 Asunder分离, 成碎片 Thwart反对, 阻碍, 横过 sanity心智健全,The end,
