Mrs Dalloway — Narrative Style and Key Quotes (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Stream-of-consciousness technique
Stream-of-consciousness technique
Thoughts presented as they occur, by association not logic
Free indirect discourse
Free indirect discourse
Merging 3rd-person narration w/ character's thoughts/speech
Tunneling process (Woolf's term)
Tunneling process (Woolf's term)
Pasts excavated through sensory triggers in present moment
Timeframe of Mrs Dalloway
Timeframe of Mrs Dalloway
A single day in London
Mrs Dalloway publication year
Mrs Dalloway publication year
1925
Clarissa & Septimus in narrative
Clarissa & Septimus in narrative
Never meet but consciousness streams converge
Big Ben's function
Big Ben's function
Recurring trigger creating different effects per character
Psychological time vs clock time
Psychological time vs clock time
Past constantly resurfaces; time is non-linear in experience
Mirrors symbolism
Mirrors symbolism
Self-division and fractured identity
Analysis structure for Woolf's techniques
Analysis structure for Woolf's techniques
Technique → effect → meaning