<b>Reality and language in <em>The Voyage Out</em>, by Virginia Woolf</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.3796

  • Maria Alessandra Galbiati UNESP
  • Peter James Harris UNESP

Abstract

This article discusses one of Virginia Woolf’s greatest literary concerns: the difficulty of expressing human experience through language. The focus is on The Voyage Out, her first novel, published in 1915, particularly the conflicts and contrasts present not only in the trajectory of Rachel Vinrace, the main character, but also in the structure of the novel itself, which establish a constant tension between reality and language.

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Author Biography

Maria Alessandra Galbiati, UNESP
Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase no ensino de inglês como LE e em pesquisas com Literaturas escritas em Língua Inglesa. Estudando especialmente o romance de formação feminino, analiando a forma pela qual a redefinição/ reorientação do conceito de "formação" influencia a representação da condição da mulher contemporânea no gênero do Bildungsroman feminino (pós-1970). Currículo Lattes
Published
2009-11-24
How to Cite
Galbiati, M. A., & Harris, P. J. (2009). <b>Reality and language in <em>The Voyage Out</em>, by Virginia Woolf</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.3796. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 32(1), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v32i1.3796
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Literature

 

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