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A Dynamic Contextual Analysis of Virginia Woolf, « The Waves »
A Dynamic Contextual Analysis of Virginia Woolf, « The Waves »

Author(s): Cristina Prelipceanu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: context; context levels; contextual-dynamic method; holistic approach; flow of consciousness

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an application of the methodological principles for the analysis of theliterary text put forward by Tatiana Slama-Cazacu based on “the contextual-dynamic”approach in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics. This interpretation is a holisticapproach which implies both a reference to the form and to the content of the literarywork.This kind of approach also emphasizes the major importance which the context has byconsidering its various levels.The analysis of a fragment selected from the novel “The Waves” by Virginia Woolfreveals that the images, the symbols, the meditation on life identified in this fragment arepresent throughout the author’s literary work. They also pervade not only the novels, butalso the critical essays and her journal

  • Issue Year: 1/2000
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-58
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English