Bc. Lenka Orálková

Bachelor's thesis

The Awareness of Time in Virginia Woolf's Novels

The Awareness of Time in Virginia Woolf's Novels
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá tématem povědomí o čase, které je obsaženo v románech Virginie Woolfové, zejména pak v Paní Dallowayové, K majáku a Orlandovi, které jsou považovány za její časové experimenty. První, teoretičtější část práce se zaměřuje na významné teorie času – “aporie bytí a nebytí času” svatého Augustina, která hrála důležitou roli ve vývoji tématu času, a teorie Henriho Bergsona o durée a …more
Abstract:
This thesis elaborates the issue of the awareness of time which is included in Virginia Woolf’s novels, especially in Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando, which are considered to be her experiments with time. The first, more theoretical, part of the thesis focuses on significant theories of time – Saint Augustine’s “aporia of being and nonbeing of time”, which played an important role in …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 12. 5. 2014

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2014
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
  • Reader: Velid Beganović

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