A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF VIRGINA WOOLF’S “MRS. DALLOWAY”
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Keywords: Virginia Woolf, Stylistic Education, Stream of Consciousness, Literary Devices, Consciousness, Interior Thoughts, Free Indirect Discourse, Narrative, Subjectivity, Fragmented Narrative, Psychological Depth, Character Psychology Identity##article.abstract##
Annotation:This thesis analyzes Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway by focusing
on its distinctive stylistic features, which contribute to the novel’s exploration of
human consciousness, memory, identity, and time. The novel’s primary stylistic
techniques—stream of consciousness and free indirect discourse—are examined in
detail. These narrative methods allow readers to engage deeply with the inner lives of
the characters, particularly Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, whose
fragmented thoughts reveal their complex emotional and psychological states. The
thesis highlights how Woolf uses stream of consciousness to depict the fluidity of
human perception, capturing the non-linear and disjointed nature of memory and
thought. By allowing the characters’ internal voices to shift between past and present,
the narrative mirrors the way consciousness operates, offering an intimate look at their
personal histories, fears, desires, and traumas
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REFERENCES:
1. Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by M. McLintock, Harcourt, 2005.
2. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865
3. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-lifetime-of-lessons-in-mrs-
dalloway
