Mrs Dalloway – Writer’s Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Year Mrs Dalloway published
Year Mrs Dalloway published
1925
Stream of consciousness purpose
Stream of consciousness purpose
Represents continuous flow of character's thoughts & perceptions
Free indirect discourse (FID)
Free indirect discourse (FID)
Merges 3rd-person narration with character's inner consciousness
Woolf's 'tunnelling process'
Woolf's 'tunnelling process'
Digging beneath present to reveal connected memories from past
Time span of Mrs Dalloway
Time span of Mrs Dalloway
Single day (June 1923 in Westminster)
Clarissa & Septimus structure
Clarissa & Septimus structure
Doppelgänger - psychic connection despite social division
Shell shock in novel
Shell shock in novel
Post-WWI trauma (now PTSD) affecting veterans like Septimus
Bloomsbury Group
Bloomsbury Group
Artistic group including Woolf challenging Victorian values
Big Ben's symbolic function
Big Ben's symbolic function
Mechanical clock time vs fluid psychological time dissolution
Mrs Dalloway opening line
Mrs Dalloway opening line
What a lark! What a plunge!