The Quest for Identity and Stability in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.69475/Keywords:
Modernism, identity, stability, questAbstract
One of the first names that scholars tend to associate with British Modernism is that of Virginia Woolf. Her pieces of work have proven to be highly experimental and innovative, shifting away from the traditional, Victorian way of depicting reality. Among her most famous novels one can mention The Waves. Published in 1931, this piece of modern literature continues to stir debate, due to the issues it raises even nowadays. One of these issues is the quest for identity, a favourite theme of the modern writers. This study looks at the way in which Louis and Rhoda, two characters from the novel, desire to find themselves and a sense of stability in nature. By doing so, this paper aims to determine whether the two characters manage to be successful in their quests.
References
Primary source
Woolf, V. 2015. “The Waves”. United Kingdom: Alma Classics
Secondary sources
Childs, P. 2000. Modernism. London: Routledge.
Horowitz, Mardi. 2012. “Self-Identity Theory and Research Methods”. Journal of Research Practice, vol. 8, no. 2. Available at www.researchgate.net/publication/288164512_Self-Identity_Theory_and_Research_Methods . Accessed on 15 July 2022.
Leahy, Robert L. 2007. “Emotional schemas and resistance to change in anxiety disorders”. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14(1), 36–45. Available at www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1077722906001283?via%3Dihub . Accessed on 15 July 2022.
Marcus, L. 1997. Virginia Woolf. Plymouth: Northcote House.
Montashery, Iraj. 2013. “Virginia Woolf and the Exploration of the Third Gender”. International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2013. Available at scholar.google.com/citations?user=CP5ARUcAAAAJ&hl=en. Accessed on 15 July 2022.
Myk, Małgorzata. 2011. “Let Rhoda Speak Again: Identity, Uncertainty, and Authority in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves”. Text Matters, vol. 1, no. 1. Available at www.researchgate.net/publication/270172497_Let_Rhoda_Speak_Again_Identity_Uncertainty_and_Authority_in_Virginia_Woolf's_The_Waves . Accessed on 15 July 2022.
Parrish, Chris L. &. Radomsky, Adam S. 2010. “Why do people seek reassurance and check repeatedly? An investigation of factors involved in compulsive behavior in OCD and Depression”. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Available at www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Why-do-people-seek-reassurance-and-check-repeatedly-Parrish-Radomsky/241936e14a5d992759503a41452199e4e61d8c83 . Accessed on 15 July 2022.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Oana-Denisa Dragomir (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
