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1、Virginia Woolf弗吉尼亚弗吉尼亚伍尔芙伍尔芙 -Group members:刘丹丹、叶佳佳、蔡瑞瑞、许友静 Grace And InsanityGrace And Insanity 在优雅和疯癫之间游走在优雅和疯癫之间游走 H Her er farewell letterfarewell letter to her husban to her husband: d:Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times.

2、And I shant recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I cant concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I dont think two people could have been happier till this terrible dis

3、ease came. I cant fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will. I know. You see, I cant even write this properly. I cant read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly

4、 good. I want to say thateverybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I cant go on spoiling your life any longer. I dont think two people could have been happier than we have been. 最亲爱的：最亲爱的： 我感到我一定又要发狂了。我觉

5、得我们无法再一次经受那种可怕的时刻。我感到我一定又要发狂了。我觉得我们无法再一次经受那种可怕的时刻。而且而且这一次我也不会再痊愈这一次我也不会再痊愈。我开始听见种种幻声，我的心神无法集中。因此。我开始听见种种幻声，我的心神无法集中。因此我就要采取那种看来算是最恰当的行动我就要采取那种看来算是最恰当的行动。你已给予我最大可能的幸福。你在每。你已给予我最大可能的幸福。你在每一个方面都做到了任何人所能做到的一切。我相信，在这种可怕的疾病来临之一个方面都做到了任何人所能做到的一切。我相信，在这种可怕的疾病来临之前，没有哪两个人能像我们这样幸福。前，没有哪两个人能像我们这样幸福。我无力再奋斗下去了我无力

6、再奋斗下去了。我知道我是在糟。我知道我是在糟蹋你的生命；没有我，你才能工作。我知道，事情就是如此。你看，我连这张蹋你的生命；没有我，你才能工作。我知道，事情就是如此。你看，我连这张字条也写不好。我也不能看书。我要说的是：我生活中的全部幸福都归功于你。字条也写不好。我也不能看书。我要说的是：我生活中的全部幸福都归功于你。你对我一直十分耐心，你是难以置信地善良。这一点，我要说你对我一直十分耐心，你是难以置信地善良。这一点，我要说-人人也都知人人也都知道。假如还有任何人能挽救我，那也只有你了。道。假如还有任何人能挽救我，那也只有你了。现在，一切都离我而去现在，一切都离我而去，剩下，剩下的只有确信你的

7、善良。的只有确信你的善良。我不能再继续糟蹋你的生命我不能再继续糟蹋你的生命。我相信，再没有哪两个人。我相信，再没有哪两个人像我们在一起时这样幸福。像我们在一起时这样幸福。 H Her last note to her husbaner last note to her husband: d:Virginia WoolfLifeWorks Writing stylesContribution and InfluencePart 1 Life (family) Virginia Woolf was born and brought up in an upper-middle-class, soci

8、ally active, literary family.Her father, Sir Leslie Stephen (18321904), was a notable historian, author and critic. Her mother,Julia Stephen (18461895) was a renowned beauty. She was educated at home, becoming a voracious reader of the books in her fathers extensive library.Virginia Woolf with her f

9、ather Sir Leslie Stephen The sudden death of her mother in 1895, when Virginia was 13, led to her first nervous breakdowns(神经衰弱). The death of her father in 1904 provoked her most alarming collapse and she was briefly institutionalized. Whats worse,she and her sister Vanessa suffered from the sexual

10、 abuse by their half-brothers George and Gerald Duckworth.Part 1 Life (family) In 1912 , she married Leonard Woolf, a critic and writer on economics, with whom she set up the Hogarth Press in 1917. Their home became a gathering place for a circle of artists, critics, and writers. Its known as the Bl

11、oomsbury group.Part 1 Life (marriage)Leonard and Virginia Woolf After completing the manuscript of her last novel, Between the Acts, Woolf fell into a depression similar to that which she had earlier experienced. On 28 March 1941, Woolf put on her overcoat, filled its pockets with stones, and walked

12、 into the River Ouse near her home and drowned herself.The tomb of Virginia WoolfPart 1 Life (death) The Voyage Out (出航) 1915 Night and Day (夜与日) 1919 Jacobs Room (雅各的房间) 1920 Mrs. Dalloway (达洛维夫人) 1925 To the Lighthouse (到灯塔去) 1927 Orlando: a Biography (奥兰多) The Waves (海浪) 1931 The Years (岁月) 1937

13、Between the Acts (幕间) 1941Part 2 Works（novels） A Room of Ones Own (自己的房间) 1929The Common Reader (普通读者I) 1925The Second Common Reader (普通读者II) 1933Three Guineas (三个畿尼) 1938Roger Fry: A Biography(罗杰弗莱传记)1940The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (飞蛾之死及其它)1942The Moment and Other Essays (瞬间及其它随笔)1948Mo

14、ments of Being (存在的瞬间)Modern Fiction 1919 (现代小说)Part 2 Works（ essays）Part 3 Writing styles(interior monologue &Stream of Consciousness) In her novels, emphasis is not on plot or action but on the psychological realm of her characters and moment-by-moment experience of living, which are depicted

15、by the techniques of interior monologue and stream of consciousness. She was very much concerned about the rights and position of women, especially the intelligent women and women writers. She wrote several essays on the subject, notably in A Room of Ones Own.Part 3 Writing styles (feminism)Novelist

16、, essayist, critic feminist, socialist, pacifistPart 4 Contribution & Influence1.For literature: Woolf is considered one of greatest innovators in the English language. In her novels, she moves away from the use of plot, action and structure to employ the techniques of interior monologue and str

17、eam of consciousness to emphasize the psychological aspects of her characters.Novelist, essayist, critic feminist, socialist, pacifistPart 4 Contribution & Influence2.For politics: During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbur

18、y Group(布卢姆茨伯里派）.Novelist, essayist, critic feminist, socialist, pacifistPart 4 Contribution & Influence3.For social status of women: Woolf actively took part in the struggle for womens rights of suffrage & rights to work which is shown in her Three Guineas.Novelist, essayist, critic feminis

19、t, socialist, pacifistPart 4 Contribution & Influence She was the best female writer in the 20th century. She was the Modernism and feminist pioneer. She was the key figure in London litery society. That is Virginia Woolf, who promoted Stream of Consciousness to the whole world, with James Joyce and Proust. Novelist, essa