“GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER” BY BERNARDINE EVARISTO VERSUS ”THE WAVES” BY VIRGINIA WOOLF
“GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER” BY BERNARDINE EVARISTO VERSUS ”THE WAVES” BY VIRGINIA WOOLF

Summary/Abstract: Comparing “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo to Virginia Woolf’s most experimental novel proved to be a challenging endeavor. The highlights of this brief study are the characters telling their stories – objectively by means of a narrative voice or by using the free indirect style – but also the linguistic component, and the readers’ potential response. The conclusion is that, even though some common traits were discovered, a close association of the two novels would be far-fetched. In a span of eighty-eight years, from 1931 to 2019, marking the publications of the two novels, literature has moved on, society has greatly changed, authors have become louder mouthpieces of their communities.

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