Trauma and Recovery in Virginia Woolfs Mrs Dalloway

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Trauma and Recovery in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway By Karen De. Meester. Modern Fiction

Trauma and Recovery in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway By Karen De. Meester. Modern Fiction Studies 44 (1998): 649 -73. Reported by Anne Chen

The Psychological Effects of Trauma n The fragmentation of consciousness n A loss of

The Psychological Effects of Trauma n The fragmentation of consciousness n A loss of faith in the ideologies of the past n Chronological and spatial confusion n Seclusion in the closed system of his private, subjective consciousness n Repression by past memories & society

Woolf’s narrative corresponds to trauma n Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness narrative form corresponds to the trauma

Woolf’s narrative corresponds to trauma n Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness narrative form corresponds to the trauma survivor’s perception of time: intermingling the past and future with the present n Woolf’s narratives is identical to the trauma survivor’s perception of space: using repetition to show the closed system of subjective consciousness

Septimus as a trauma survivor n The past becomes the force of repression n

Septimus as a trauma survivor n The past becomes the force of repression n War neurosis is the result of a shattered sense of identity n Septimus’s neurosis comes to be a disturbance to communicate with others n He is resisted by members of the community (Dr. Holmes & Sir William Bradshaw) n No recovery: destroy the meaningful recovery from the war

Clarissa as a trauma survivor n Her faith in social convention as a means

Clarissa as a trauma survivor n Her faith in social convention as a means of ordering a post-traumatic world—her party n To conform the social ideologies, she feels the loss of individuality and identity– sense of being herself invisible; unseen; unknown n Recovery: recommit herself to a life and returns to her party but life lacks meaning and vitality

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