Virginia Woolf's Literary Impressionism

Mgr. Anna Krausová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

Abstract In my Bachelor Thesis I am concerned with the application of ideas of Impressionism and Postimpressionism in the impressionist prose of Virginia Woolf. I also discuss the influences of Bergson's philosophy and James's psychology on Modernist literature. I deal with the impact of Russian literature on Woolf's literary work. As a starting point for my deliberation I made use of Woolf's essays Modern Fiction and Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown. From Woolf's early impressionist works I selected the short stories The Mark on the Wall and Kew Gardens and from her major works, her novel To the Lighthouse, in my assessment of which I focus on the analysis of the characters of Mrs Ramsay and Lily Briscoe.

Kľúčové slová

Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse Kew Gardens Mark on the Wall Modernism William James Henri Bergson Roger Fry Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown Modern Fiction Impressionism, Postimpressionism, Stream of Consciousness Perception Evanescent moment

Jazyk práce: Czech

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 28. 4. 2006

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 13. 6. 2006
• Vedúci: Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Philology / English Language and Literature