The literature as a poison and an antidote: the Phármakon of the writing in Virginia Woolf’s journals

This article introduces as object of study the journals written by the british author Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). From these journals, it is possible to see how the scripture is revealed as an excruciating process for the author who, in their intimate scripture, shows how his works and the literature itself can be understood as something pernicious for the intellectual. In the same way, it is possible to show that the act of writing was a vital necessity for the author. This paper thinks the literature as poison and as an antidote, in view the concept of pharmakon, developed in the book Plato's Pharmacy, written by the philosopher Jacques Derrida. The analysis will precede the approach of setting as the writer was disturbed by with the social environment. This paper applies the concept of pharmakon in order to think about the issues concerning the scripture as a punishment and as a necessity for intimate of Virginia Woolf.