文学简史 beowulf

Themes
Modernism
• To The Lighthouse and its characters often display elements of the Modernist school of thought. Characters like Mrs Ramsay disparage Victorian ideals of society and question both the existence of God and the goodness in man. Furthermore, the transience of man is emphasised as a central theme alongside nature as an eternal and sometimes menacing force with the omnipresent potential to consume humanity.
plot
• Part 1：the window • Part 2：time passes • Part 3：the lighthouse
The window
• Ramsays‘ summer home, Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Mrs Ramsay, James, visit the lighthouse, next day, denied by Mr Ramsay, certain tension between Mr and Mrs Ramsay, and also between Mr Ramsay and James. • Lily Briscoe, young, uncertain painter, Charles Tansley, another guest, Augustus Carmichael, a visiting poet, Paul Rayley, Minta Doyle.
To the lighthouse
Virginia woolf
author
• Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. In her works, she used a technique called “stream of consciousness”, revealing the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations. Her most famous novel, “To the Lighthouse”, which was written in 1927, examines the life of an upper middle class British family. It portrays the fragility of human relationships and the collapse of social values. It is a landmark novel of high modernism.
feminism
• At that time, women were expected to conform to tradition, to remain subservient to men. Virginia Woolf,in creating Lily Briscoe defied convention by allowing her to assert her independence. Throughout history, women have been locked in a struggle to free themselves from the boundaries that separate themselves from men. In many circles, it is agreed that the battleground for this struggle exists in literatu World War I, Mrs Ramsay passes away, Prue dies, Andrew is killed, Mr Ramsay is left,
The lighthouse
• Mr Ramsay, long-delayed trip to the lighthouse, his son James, daughter Cam, Lily, complete the painting, the execution of her vision is more important.