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Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) is recognised as one of the most innovative writers of the 20th century. Perhaps best known as the author of Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and biographies. Both in style and subject matter, Woolf’s work captures the fast-changing world in which she was working, from transformations in gender roles, sexuality and class to technologies such as cars, airplanes and cinema. Influenced by seminal writers and artists of the period such as Marcel Proust, Igor Stravinsky and the Post-Impressionists, Woolf’s work explores the key motifs of modernism, including the subconscious, time, perception, the city and the impact of war. Her ‘stream of consciousness’ technique enabled her to portray the interior lives of her characters and to depict the montage-like imprint of memory. Woolf’s work often explored her fascination with the marginal and overlooked: of ‘an ordinar

Education theory what’s Postmodernism?

(Modernism and Post modernism) Hello, this is often Ajaz Ahmed Bhatt. When discussing the trend of recent educational philosophy, postmodernism are often cited together of the trends mentioned as a comparatively recent trend. during this class, we'll check out the concept and meaning of postmodernism. 1: The definition of postmodernism. Different scholars have different definitions of postmodernism. this is often because postmodernism contains various, and sometimes contradictory elements together. Post-modernism is usually interpreted as'postmodernism','antimodernism' or'postmodernism' thanks to the anomaly of the prefix post. Postmodernism is interpreted as a way of inheriting modernism, and antimodernism or postmodernism is interpreted as opposing or trying to flee from modernism. Kim Wook-dong (1990) consistent with , postmodernism may be a logical extension and succession of modernism, a critical reaction to modernism, and a conscious break. In other wo