Reality and language in The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf

This article discusses one of Virginia Woolf's greatest literary concerns: the difficulty of expressing human experience through language. The focus is on The Voyage Out, her first novel, published in 1915, particularly the conflicts and contrasts present not only in the trajectory of Rachel Vinrace, the main character, but also in the structure of the novel itself, which establish a constant tension between reality and language.

New karyologycal data and cytotaxonomic considerations on small mammals from Santa Virginia (Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Atlantic Forest, Brazil)

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Consciência literária e posicionamento político no processo de composição de The Voyage Out, de Virginia Woolf

In this article, a discussion about the implications and developments in the relation between Literature and Politics is proposed in order to demystify generalized critical opinions in literary studies. To do this, articulations between theory and practice are made, based on Virginia Woolf’s composition process of her first novel, pointing out the author’s artistic ability and political consciousness.

A representação do trabalho da memória e a busca de identidade em The Voyage Out, de Virginia Woolf

The representation of the work of memory and the search for identity in The voyage out by Virginia Woolf In The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf portrays the protagonist by showing her inner thoughts. Strategy that analogically allows the conception of the esthetic work of the author as being close to the Freudian memory supported by life and death drives. The objective of this study is to show how the psychic states, revealed by the protagonist, are articulated with the work of memory and the search for identity in the novel.

Non-volant mammals from Nucleo Santa Virginia, Serra do Mar State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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