Mrs. Dalloway Revised: The Sense of Change and Disillusionment

Abstract

Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf is an acknowledged modernist novel which includes the sense of change and disillusionment as modernist elements. Woolf provides readers with illustrations of characters highlighting illusional reality and disillusionment throughout the novel. Although Clarissa Dalloway is not depicted as a disillusioned character within previous studies, both Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith represent disillusioned individuals in a modernist society. Thus, the aim of this article is to analyze the sense of change and disillusionment in Mrs. Dalloway via examining Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith as disillusioned characters who share similarities. To this end, the issues of social approval, marriage, war and trust towards institutions as products of civilization are discussed within the scope of this article.

Keywords

• Virginia Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway,modernist literature,disillusionment

Mrs. Dalloway’in İncelenmesi: Modernist Öğeler Olarak Değişim ve Gerçeğe Uyanış Olgusu

Abstract

Virginia Woolf’un Mrs. Dalloway (1925) isimli eseri modernist öğeler olan değişim ve gerçeğe uyanış olgusunu içeren tanınmış modernist bir romandır. Woolf, eser boyunca ilüzyonel gerçekliği ve gerçeğe uyanışı vurgulayan karakter örneklerini okuyuculara sunmaktadır. Önceki çalışmalarda Clarissa Dalloway gerçeğe uyanmış bir karakter olarak tasvir edilmemesine ragmen, hem Clarissa Dalloway hem de Septimus Warren Smith modernist bir toplumdaki gerçeğe uyanmış bireyleri temsil etmektedirler. Bu nedenle, bu makalenin amacı benzerlikler taşıyan, sanrılardan arınmış Clarissa Dalloway ve Septimus Warren Smith karakterlerini inceleyerek Mrs. Dalloway adlı eserdeki değişim ve gerçeğe uyanış olgusunu analiz etmektir. Bu bağlamda toplumsal onay, evlilik, savaş ve medeniyetin ürünleri olan kurumlara duyulan güven meseleleri bu makalenin kapsamı dahilinde tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

• Virginia Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway,modernist edebiyat,gerçeğe uyanış

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